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1370 BROADWAY, 

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APR 24 1906 

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r&y. iu,r^r.nn d&iP at the ^^oythern ^anee -^all. 






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"The land of ^urrae 'Oioti-<nc06 ^" 

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Wl d.n1.n:ht on boaM th'j ^^. "« ?^anta ?^arjla at dock in UnaiaaK a • 
H pr^jn/T. 1900. "The %or of the Golden ^o^th." 

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" The Cnrin? of the Taw." 

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The hoitee 11 £jita ai"^ low@red» un--:. :i.i s tage 
o pen^Tip, ujn^i; ■ j! ) "The T-en^;: j-'ra^i" ■'vJ 11 ^ 

Vh :: .- ■ : -, ■ :. : :.;. .,'.3« a dr'or. acen^ 
( a a f^u^ )- ■ . ; £5tgge as '^ha set Lehin <l 
wi ll hllo . . >s int-c> ■ylSiW b^ the rt-ys 

the •_ './Cloa Jr s a reo^-lnta^no■;.^!■:: coast 

r-:; ■,-:-^:.^^^/,/^ ... raj or^t^c bayrsn r^n'^ - O-; sl^r;] . 
v.. .. - veak?^ ^mil rtalii^jia '4 ih sno^: 
:. ■^,,4::-- oa'. vhe I'-i:'^!^? and xvhlt.tf dJ : ' '■ ' -^ <- '•- 3 
a7Vi riMrf-t^Hn/; ^n burnished ccpray ?^ 
0^ : '; oily u?at Th-s n:u-^jto reach js its ^^ 
cu urirullon, rr:\en dlginlshj^s as thji^ r-^^ytj 

coif.r -^■^ ' ■' ■iayknoiis again* 

T hQ dror- i;;:. no-y H ftftd, laavlnr:: f-ia i;C9 ne 
of Act 3. to CQE9 into view. Thi^ r'jsIc 
o f "The "on- '- Ty'Ali" ig takor" up v,'i 'h guUiv y 
fi nd r-..n:':.n.'; v-.'-f o^.^/^Q , and ihtf rT^'^H'- bo,s1n 



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Mldn1c;Vit on board ^he ', "« 'i::^^:^- .Hi^^iL 
At doc;'; In thq •y-r'tor of Unalankci .-t- ^'\\i:-_ 



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A st9el ilU'9 sky beqlna to eppeay <n dl3t»nc e» 
stars cofcf^' c^ut , {f-ocnlir'it floods the scene, 

ohoyln^^ the dock : " :.-ic --tnta Maria. Th£^ 

royt biil'^^ark run^ ucrcga at c/.ek» At \ „ 
Is » deck oaLirij, ru. U' tin,: on the* stt'. go;^ 
at H., ti deck ho us 9, w$th'3''3p« loading to 
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3 vond on the b -ick dr^o? i ;^ ;j-^.^n L?ie 1 'V 
hjr^-^ >> na 1\ 'r\\.a of Unnliiciks l5lc»;v vhe ::! j i ^sr- 
I nj; 3t-.tr'>. T^-i ^ lock la :3Jl'ro:^^i '-o be o^T 
stafio n>"- '"» -^ rTo'-'etoh of th? i. ?ick <^^c\• 
rt. da I' ■■. ' .i '""■ {5':~^ — : — ' , ■ • " . t ' ' ' ' y^—^T^-^— -*r?* 
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g iV'j '..n-^ ■:"i\ ot o:i' r-otion; Ld'. -.s^hrir; ? I^f> t 
ii; i^ol ' ^.1} ih^ l a'A.i w^l-L n?-ve Ti <sar'' '^^a^^'-'t^ 
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aafor>a the aeene be.TJna to corce into vi'f w, 
a yiV^-^. 1 ^^r^T to ehig.e in wUh the guit ar 

and r^aJi k-^'n r ■. J « off star:^, with Ui© .'?oncs 

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Tvll ITER'S SONG: "THE tONO THAI I." . 
"It's ^Jorth :'OTi may --im to the rlrro-r^lneea sun, 

Or South to the blind Horn's hat©; 
Or Enst nil the way Into Mlsslaaipri ^^(^7$ 
Or West to the (^olden <^et©: 

Where the blindest Tiluffa hold socd » 'i«^»^ lassj 

Ana the wildest tales ara trua, 

And the r^en bulk big on the old trail, our own trail, 

the out trail, 
Ani life runs larse on the tons Trail - the t.^ail that 

is always new» 



CHOKllS OF MINI?Rr>s 

( Repeat*) 

And tlie ir.en bulk big; on the old tr«ll, our ovm trail, the out trail, 
And liffe ^un3 large on the Ions '^r'«-il» ^^i® trail that is always ner 

" (V %:m tho Gon.^ Is finished, the ahir-'n bell st rikes the Rid- 
nic^t 'i.ou^^ - H bell i») 



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Well - any 3 i^n of tho i.-... ,->,-. ^ 

No, C?.ptain. -"e'-j hardly had time yet.- 



CAPTAIN: 
( Wj th s C9p t i ce I -i r^T -^ t i 3nc« J 
Tij^e? TToavr.n^i, Ki-.n, if he dallies ttuch longer, hi> il lana lis 
in quarantln(^. ^'ye know what that means? It apella ruin, 
ir! Ruin! And the .ievil to pay I 



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^m^T OFFICE!^: 
The Import 151^7 not te tpua, Captain. 



CAFTAI?:? 
C^aginf; and lookln;^ anxtou^lv off B. aff«iH.) 
T liope to %d Ir ain't. This gold ataigped© fro ^^o^^9 Is the 
chiince of i\ life time. It's the -.Eldest rush ih© world ever 
a aw. 

^t ;:l!r:ost ir'lv^^s rre cfid to think of eisal ng U. The coapany 
pays five thousand &. day for' this ship - a week fsvj. Unalaaka 
o Norf.o - -thirty- five - fo>»ty - ay, It r?ay b© fifty thousand 
■m st£>n.i to loa®! Tf they tie us up for tx nonth It will rnin 
;-o thr«<'i tlrcas that. 



I wouldnU think of It, Cf.ptaln. 2ven If ihe Ohio is AiuaJ»antlned 
with sitallpox, rre should I© able to eiear. 



CAPTAIN: 
( More hopo fully . ) 
Rie^t! That'o the talk, isate* K©^. the steair. up and b© 
reac^ to let /;© at a reoKent'a notlc©. Better tur>Ti the lights on. 



FIRST OFFICEF: 
(C^cAner to n.) 

Rich'., C«ptaln. 
(Exit X P.)^ 

(Qeck lights are switch'^ on./ 

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gonocle. .-'I ll: ' '"; ' ■ •/■ " -^-Trr-f^ryf :*,; , ■ j .^^ithor ■^Idijii; legglng£>. 



Ah, there you <'r9, ^apt^ln dear -- I vmnt to make you acquainted 
vvl th my dliitln^ua f-^ler.d - the Count du ?:pHrc. 

(S ho pronounces it "TTyo-Tnt dew ^panrrk" and "dlstawn/ray.") 



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Count - Captain oi-ephana - 

i ? r g s on 1 1 nr ther: a ) . 
( C: -v;-. . ';AF^-/t-" --,:., t,;jpped hla gur to ?^r-':u Chasirlan; looks the 

Cc-UYii^ ^ly ^nvi d ovm ratter cont-^jap^Uo^aaly - J 
fH H^^. 4^A^.!^^A^f In all smr^BB.j 
Clhs r;nr?^'^^Mjo-- ■';: --^^'^ -;i?'^^'r:'-- like a' dancing IR as tor .) 






CAFTAIT': 



How do I 



C Entay '\ ^e -^-TITW ^^atott^,^;. handao^e ^ iXonao« a dull -^'jA 
haired 1, -Jo. i"^" ""^^^i -=5 di i >''a v -^ iTi n/-; dP &sa * ^i^r< ha-uis '^V' '^» ^'^''3- 
1 1 stens.) 






(C'^^J^Hy shov/a a'-itat.1on jg^a she ove-!^i<^ars hJQ answerg. } 
C 0,^^-TA1^- ..,t.::t^^c'\c ^l^-.a i'3 C-"^lTf coKas forward. f^H!^ hAq ts 
U f o;-@ l^^r.,. CiiattT-Jan as the It- Iter a tar 6 s at her throiiz-h^he r 
lc :-:^nette, Th.» CnU^Vi: ja incline:! ?: o e£lo Oh^vrie, MK-^ . c^HAlviy I AN 



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The braa«n croatuw! 



■-•HRRny: 

("'''''^ t/l a loud lauyjil.) 
uv onorgtm fo " ' t:, wrs. ChawrUn. ... . 

(T ^n -.-ir^nln:^. to CAPTAIN, who has a fool on the sters wO bridge) 

ird i-y fT'OlRi^nl, Captain? 
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Hello 9 Charry! "^on hew'^ 



You are not sailing before? clay 11 <^i, ai:^ yo^7 t hsard you say 
just now - - - 



That we rcay eall any Rinut©. That's so. V/e uf Qoi a sweet- 
heart corr.ln;' on l.oar(.l, eh 



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"o - no <- but Mr. ^^lenister r\':jnH corse back y>^i. -- 



CAT' T Alt?; 

het*a 70U- -ajse, '^y, youWe chassed ihat i^uns fellow froR 
on to ^rrver and back age in, end 1»ii ^c®i^ ^^ ^® ^^^'^^ ^^"^ 
^r© h«j'd Btuy on sho?« to avoid yoiu 



1 <lon*t care for your* taumts. My love for Hoy f^ienister Is no 
secret. T'rc prond of it-* ^ut for H«aven*a sake, ^iv© his a 
chanc© to s^ t aboard before "ot sail. You don't ^inderstand 
.ho treffiondo'Js isa'*>3 - - 



C?ffiT>atien'cly« Croaalng h«r to B. P.; looking off . ) 
1 »ip 3or*«y; but T can't vmlt. Yom don't understand whe> t ' o i n 
h« wind. 



OHKRRY: 
( With ^ tion. ) 

Captair ....,..., " '^■' rust no I »ail wnho'at hlc. ^e owni: 



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Mldasy the richest relne In Aiaeka. ^^e*£j been in the States 
all winter", and nhey* 1 Jiucp hla ciaia if he doasn't raach 
Norc© on th9 first boat. 



CAPTAIP: 
(Tur'nini frog badk rgjla end e^03sin.^ ag If to p-o nT> «tep a) 
Well - that*.: his lookouts isln't It? I told hlic end ">oxtry not 
-0 risk QoirxQ a*j or©, but th»y would do It. 

( A cnttrotlon is hoard off ^. and TVJQ r>AlT.ORr> anter, dragg l ng 

JiQiMLgs^. d^"" ■'"'• :7:^n''^ ■::.,, ^. ^ nd ^«^ t^tlkJn;; nr ' - - ^ nen and 

woieen In ^'roat varl^i;; -r ■.•ojf-iite -» :oge c .."' ^-^roc^od, 

aof te in pi?feat.9r;^« ot.h::.'\: •■'o.i:h und in ir-'o', " :^ e^^nvaa 

rlothir- „ "r-'Z.^- ;,i.i. d ■;'-^i<;;i.^d loudjy -> .::■;/"; ^^ . nu cheap 

IJ. T.. .g^T^R"v 1:-. .!o,.n '\ Thr "•)UnHEf^-" la Jn ii%j -von t, and 



OAFTAU: 
( Froa bridrta^ ) 
Whot*s the row hare? 



r;AlTOR: 
•Era's a b loon In* stowaivay, sir. *E was 'Idln' in the forrad 
*cld, sir. 



CAT'TAITT; 
^911i rry rron, bound for J^OBse wlih'th© bl^ rush, oh? 



^^TOWAWAV: 
Yda, air. 



HAP TAT r; 
Can you pay yoir fara? 



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No, alr». 



CAPTAIM: 
Then what In hell sr® you doing on ay ahip? 

Show hi» nh» Gang plank. 



STOWAWAY: 
For (rod's sake, don*t do that, Captalni ^*11 work nsy way. 

0A?TA1^I: 
My crew Is fun. T»V9 no jaace for you. Get out - 'lulekl 

'^TOWA^AY. 
''leas©, sir - let rce go with you, I've (^ot to set to the sold 
fields, 1 can*t find wor-k at ''TOKe, i;,m\ there's a sick wife and 
biiby In 'Prlsoo - for* food's sake, lot Jte work icy way through. 



CAPTAIN ; 

Bah.' I rjet that aaif© story every trip - pay your paaaase oir 

g«t out. 

(^AlTO ^<? ara drf>.>gln^ ^TO^AWAY off when th« "lIJCHEg;?;'' .^.t apa 
out. '^^^ I3 ; typical hard» faced gcrudy dance h«ll» peroxide 
b londe , ) ' ' 



Say, thiit'a what I coll e. blooaln*- share© - chuckln* a w.a.n that»£i 

Willi n» to v/ork. let's I'txy his tvay, fellows. I'li go iry shar«. 

(raiTOln hjAlt with nTOWA'A'AY.) 

(.HJriiii^y.; a'^^rf^suea' HATTAIW on bMdg Q . ) 

What's your ox to "t ion, old "hylockv 



OAFTAJN: 
i-ior* thttn you can psy, ^nucetox! The fare frow "nalaaka to Woe© 
I3 ona hunilr«d dollars this trip. 



Ono hundrv^d plunks 1 0«e, but you're a nsrvy hold-up. My benk- 
I'^ll ain't >-- ^-- :^nt, but har''' — v^' to start with. 



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(Tak08 yur^o fvom hay ^.^toekinfi- ) 
Ten d©i;iar»o, a powder puff, u lui-ksn hcok and a haJi^ln. 3 
a1n*t agoln* to so© you hHch th© ho?^«»s to a guy what'a srtllin' 
:o,work, not if it takes isy last baan. 



That sick wifo at ornr don't get nono of sn^l aoney. 

All /"Isht, aonny, we'll just tak** the loan of you?* hjU, 
f T^ikJnr hat fy*Q« feinar's hg^ad..) 
o oath©)? ih© i^oiish 5n, Ly way of a small cont?'lbut1on to the 
fund. CoEQ on, ioya, dig inie j'our clothes • 



(Sullclly.) 
1 paid Ev ?3ay, and it broke rc^. If he ain*t sot the r,rlc0» throw 
iffi ov©rboar<;l and lot hitt run behind. 

Ci^-Li 1 z ?^^ t P^ rauao-'JLs laU"5itar '.) 



Oh, ain't :-£• v/ittyJ My, whe-t a Jokal Ain't you diagjiast^d f.o 
call yourselves n^sn and put tha laugh on a poor lad that's 
tryin* to provide for a sick wife and baby? 
C^htjy look hiinrAor: and uhaKe faced.) 



CA3r>IAR CHARTS/': 
■J' 11 tot hf5 ain't rearrisd at all. 



^@11, sr ihic 'uji a court of 'law, ^ ' d b e t -/o coala n^^e :ii,^ up 
for allHiony. 

( Tu >' ns •Jio 1 au /h on h i k . ) 



3 will 39»ve - - 



9. 
DonH be foolis^ij »ouna@»r». 

W*at e«s i&o mettalp©? ^*at has •© coerU? 

R»*s Jtist o truffiP, Count. H« Ma no money, '^ut you cell In 
3'-ou.f country a cimallle, 

COUNT J 
Ah yes! If ^5^3 '3'. A 3hlpr-3 canal! V^i*' *oodt 

Well, say, yln't you a bunch of t1 iiJit wads! You wouldn't s^pivate 
fr'orr your Konoy under an amies th-Ul c. 1 aln*t boegi"* ^or this , 
<ruv. He Eciy bo as wrthleaa as the s-est of you men, but If h«> 
has -ot ft wl'> and kid we've got to help there. It's a law in 
icy country, ^ere T caice from jre j don't have to clv« a i^an 
cocaine to Euk® Ttl k loosen W on a doner. 



A V/0].'AN: 

That's rJc^^» '''*' can't lake a chance* 

(The '.gni'EN 3tep fr>f*vyayd and put, goney in the h?'t.) 



Bull, for :-ou, slrla. Vou can teach .i=^' 



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Thtinks, i^r©nchy. Vou Fcaj' be ti h^m count, but you" haart'a all 
rlsht, and I'll help you to lick the Ear, that bwks your 



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CAr^SlAR CHART. r5Y: 
Aw, coffi» f>«^ ^eilaj!»st y ainU goin* to ).© outdone iy e dago. 

( V\i%s c:.::. : the hat: other ^■^ ^'' follow ^uil.j 

T)UOTTKS<=;: 
Thill's the ticket. Now you're talkln* loud eno^ach to hear, 

(To Che'^rry.) , . ^ 

You look Ilka a cood sort. Won' . u chip In to pay this poor 

devil's passas®^ , 

f rif^npy puts fhr^^B ."lold coins In r-he ha,t ./ 
-o, that'll r?*ke It. You're rey kind, all right. 
(T o nr^l:^^'\ -/^lo has watch'^d the acene ?yl th gtruaeieant o n 

br«ldgo. ) 
ire, Captain ^Idd - there's your ^mtar bill, and I hope ^t 

I "angles you* , ♦««!>.<» 

(iirt t»k,>«-the hat,i e!T1^tl^8 1. '.■» and thro^^>3 tne ^n:;i v^- xiat on \.m 

d"eek."^ho THNSK picks It up.) 



(Tn r.»ilor£t.J — .. 
All rl^ht. I3t hire sttiy. 

SAILORS: 

f Re lears 1 nrt s towaway« ) ^ 
Ay, ay» 'Captain. 



STOWAV/AY: 

(As sailors releas e hlE.) 

Thi\nk yotji, m^a - 'i'hcmk you. 

(r!T?0'n begins to .-ro off, "^'^ ■""'■^- ^^^ 



CAMniET: 
Gentieirftn, T»tr about to op^n a faro <^me ir ^ 



■rfSiT- 



i'i* iitQp jjjyjjj'i } 



11. 

That lis tana spod frorr where I all. 
M«, too* 

(ThQ a^n^'n me out.) 

Ah, 1 ajt cl©d I coiMs h3re, Th»9a oountr»e Is fln^^l T are In 
8«ardi of adventu^, Ktidarce - aorreslnc nfivfl T »« tired of ^wroe! 
t look for" adventure - r-romenc®! *^^« 1 aha 11 find It, May T 
•av9 z» pleaaur*©? 

(Offara ^H^"?. CT'ATI'Iam his ara v/lih «x«gc®3^t«d gallantry. 

( ^hlr'a boil alrikf^a half tifr.ftr* ^vyftT^*^ » ^ ^■^l"' . ) 
(The ship's !:)Or!Tnn corqs on hurriedly frpg ^> Tt,) 



fo.py^wg CAT? TAT ^! pn LrJdr«;') 
C»p*o1n - - 



f!AFTAlN: 
( Con; 1 n.q ^wn }Ul ekly « ) 
^'^«11, well - v;ht>t newj^., doctor? . 

( y^ET?RY is up n... lUt^minr.,) ^ " 



noCTOfJ; 
Th« rapo^t is true. Saailpox haa biTokon oai on board the Ohi o, | 
and 3h«'D in quarantine for thirty daj^s. 



CAVTA1?J; 
Good ^?eav©no'. ^^icl you g ee the health 1 nap ^'C tor? 



1«. 

Y«s. H» says If w»»ra not out of pen by dayHsht, h^'ll tl» 
us up too* H«Mi p\u the crew of the revenua cutter tiboard. 



(Agitated.) 
Thon ihere'^ no lire's to lose. We cuat cl-sar is^lle w» have a 
chance - 

(Aatf^ndn stera rapidly* Jl 
Orflftt Heavons! '^irailpox! 

(On ihe brM;-^. he Llo^a a vi^iaf^ .J 



(C oBeIn;-!: do 'n; 'o "doctor .) 
Whi\ t is the re Iter, doctof^''-' You' re no t real l^"^ /]je 1 1 i ng unde r 
way*'? 



Yea - we'll le free in five iclnutes. 



CAPTAIN: 
Stand by to lot ^o nhat head line. 



C"SI?RY: 
(Shoiilnff '.y to Cp,rtaln.>% 
Cap'aln Rtepheno - 



OAPfATN: 
^•r aorry, but ' can't va^ t to listen now - - 

(r'> ATTn^t> erxirr B* "» and b-j/'ln unwlnd lns njpe frorr ata nchlona 
pt LUiwAl*it 'o i(>t~F!o«) 



trilCRRV: 
Oh, It's a ahp.ffe - a perfect sheree - Where can Gi'jnlater and 
t>extry be? 



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13. 
(Df>apftyatfll?.) 

Captoln Stephana, ' tell yon ^ >«t>n*t let youa© It, I'll co 



<>h, ycwj. won't let »©, eh'^ 

(laurVi^t gocklnrlyJ 
'»'/«ll, ycfn RJc^t as well understand that this ship aln*t no 
dance htill. f'm b oaa hej*e' 

( Con.: Q- icn h-3ard o^r H,.) 



CAT'TAIM: 
(GoUn'^ n« on b'^ldiT©*/. 
Kello, w'uit'G thlaV 



Thore they are no^, - It's « ftsht. Oh, ^eii - wit - 



CAPTAIN: 
By Jove, they're pu^'sued. took, fJlenlster* s knocked on© of thea 
tJo^vn. Ah! '^oxtry's c©'' ^-^^ other - They're coKlng - 

( Puts hanl to n-oith: shouts,.) 
Hurry upl We're cadt ing off I 
( f^ t e a fne r "/'1 1 a t le s or^n la , ) 

(Tll'-»n;3 dOV.Tl, ) 

Thnt younf: .iri Id n»an f'lenlster is always In trouble , 



OTTfSRRV: 

(JLLalMil_ 

They're <?oif.1n3 - they'll irake it 



fi APT ATM: 

(Sho'iiln.T.) 
"f^^t i^o ihHt {:.ft line! '^t?ind by f.o take' on those pass«neera, 
( gyiT. CA^TAT^T Into pilot ho tAs e , ) 

( Back C! y op is rolled a 1 > .-jhtly f ron; '^, to t., an .. o^.» 
to IndU'ato 'hat th-i ahl^la free oV h^:?i* feo<>»*)-n7;:^T~tnrt no i 
atwrted yot, ; ~ 



on 



Tftqftft^) 



» ^■^»-Y! -. - v/ wfrji.CB*?' iJW (*t» ri; 



mi^il.^ 



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CITERnVs 
(At bftdr •) 

The re* a aorc® one with thee - It's a wocan - 

( Qoicea clovm») 
He-was f^chtins for a woitf-n. ' wonder i*io she 1 3I 

(CHCTHV eocoB T. ""?.« \m<\oy- cover for the entrance of "TEm^ TER 
and lE^-TT^ r.rMi ^\^Ti:r' C'T.nT:^n, efLgr snatdi of chorus frog ttin evs 

ofr .zt ^v^Ot a s '-'t' L "id. 'l 'cp 33 ■'^cliecl i.nd indicates that 
the ahip ^u GalllM.':..^ 

It's "Oanr-r lank up and in," dear laas, 

It's "H&waers '.rarp her th:"0<ichl " 

Anil It's *^11 clean aft" on the old trail, our own trail, 

the out tral 1, 
We're off and away on the Tons trail - the trail that is 

always new» 

(A s i.he son.^^ elogoa , enl^r from n. R.. C^— I^TP:R, -^E-rTTT 

an d ^""Trr. Tt"::Y f^vyv.^ f^vi.-lBnee~of naate. They eve v an Ung, 

t heir cIot,;A33 ^vvr:. , a'j ^^ f^'g'' ft strugg'a*) ^ 

(nTr"TiT!^r> ifx » T ^ad-shoulclarad younA-; Rt-n of iUit clean-^s hy-ven, 
heavy Lrov/a; JH^greaal ve, fo-^"cef..il> unrestrained nrianner; a 
•yplcal ^^a tamer. T'^eara IJght. '^tetpon sottbrero Afl ih lea the r 
Land: vhlt'? "Ir.nnei 3h3?^t; soft coHr.g turned up and roi»t. 3 
faatenad to/:niher under chin vrith r^ld safety pin « scarr. 
Hq voat - corduroy coat and trQ-tsers, the latter tucked In to 
i.Rn Ino^d loots.) 

_ rffi^r;r. 55 -oara old, fz^ny hulr, p frouatache, ahc'csy eyeirows -^ 
cyio of old f^rorTn^r^Kun. ^'o hat - Hiue flavmel shirt; gray ^ 
fr ock CQgit &nA ifnts; soft knee Loots. He has a ke en shrewd 

e ve. •iti„itl":'' ncr^'-. n-jyar 3ftl?.:^.j; ^IraJCal drawling .tethod 

o f o; I'-^ch. <^.--TMbi'' c " ' .<v^-?r:) ■-■n:^:^'-'; ■.'^nilcvjvo bui ceo 1 
• tfhen f\r; io^^vl»> 

(^!ETEW, toauM nil ^^l-"l In early twenties, dark brown hair; 
dr^ts^^ieQ Tn Al].lm^ coatUT'^^ ^;an laced boots beneatn anorX 

•. ik'yit "^h e ' ■ ' ^^ " V in ■v.-' 1^ 'ifnd ;>.a ' ■■-K^'i;.';h ii ;->ad coco 



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13. 

CTISRRY: 
fA» TV>f^v ^TT-.^ar: with 3*eatraln'Xl .'^ladtl^gs and a >ialf sobt) 

Roy - : 

C^he ruts her cl" -' ^d to her llv ^-fi -^^utsg un- 

(ITRT.^r kooT's w Gtar^g badk to aulienceg lusy fixing her 



(To l^extrr/.) 
Close ahiwo '.hnt, '>9x! 

( ^QelD 'r) .; neck glrif'.erly.) 

Whew! ^*V0 occur l©d the seat of honor at a tMler explosion; 
been fondiod Ly & snow slide, and flc/r^red In a Jail delivery, 
but. for do^mric'^t ap^icH'-ly diversion of Kind, 1 don't reenll a 
core strenuo'ia five islnutes t-han ih^ om we are juat closln . 
Two as* In six ffakes a nice sociable party. 



■ Tft\i:-'hinr;. ) 
1 woulln't have riased it for a forty dollar do;;. But say, 
what's coff9 of your headgear? 



(^f?oHnr hlo bare 'n^ad .) 
Run out without rey hi^tt By Cosh: That's the ninth eamr T^'ve 

left clothoa 1r. 



( \Qio has L-^on rubber In/! in Helen* 5 illroctlona) 

W«li, Miaa, let's hav« a look at :'ou In the li,^t, 
f sur tnr'iv;. arid ocr''-.g -lo-.r, <. vstap or two.) 
(I.;0"r M?^". "v j 3 T'-l^'Jn, ar.4 arr.?:^.a^d 00 i'in i'a^ i ^lrV like her here. ; 



HKLRM 
What kInJ. -" "^^n are von t.o f1;::ht In th« dark for a atrans« 
won; an? 

(Thoro ^3 a rroreent's ra'iae and alienee.) 
V/ovl - y/lll vou let n-© - shake hands? ' 



.dJ-^SiU 






16. 



( TWEY both Eaka for h'^i* h&n<l at oncgf and ocoas^on soa© 
Bsuraaont In clolns so«) 



I itake oraUoiif Rissf that you*r« the gaRtsst little chap 1 
»var fouSht over, Mexikln, Injun or white. 

(tirawlln^ ^t , end jtr-okln^ ico^tataehQ, reERJnlsognilyo ) 
And - T - *-i.-v^ - -ton '3 - uo'eo - flsht.1n'. 



(Plainly ogbarrasaedt thou.gh boldly gaging at h-^r. j ^ 

^ly - er - oxcuae r«, a:5s3 - tu": ,'.'cu - :ou =M!'9n* t julte the 
kind of a cl:.»l 1 e3Q-»ectfjd to see. 



(ShrlnklnrT frpg Qlen*3 adm ira tlon« and ^:^ddrQ33ln^ T)extryoJ 
1 si<>po3e you think I've done aoreethlns dreadful, don't you? 
But I hav«i*t. 

(Bvldontiy a bit ahBken and nervous ; nh a andaavftrf tr. rraj<^e 

ljf;h'. oj' 'S:, un.l ^aln her HeiC'COin^and^ } 
1 had -.0 2€tt away froip th« Ol:< i o tonight b<5cause - - for certain 
reasons. Those aal lora lurauad re - 51 m\s cccd of you to 
fJ^ht theE Laek. T haven't otolsn anything nor poisoned T,he 
cr«w. Really I 



Never Kind, iclaa; we ^jot you aboard after « tussle, ell right 
But T don't know ^v^t m*ll do with you now you're here. 



{Vftth alaorlty.) 
I'n wake U5> the steward «nd have hie; find a pisee for you. 
It* : wfuily crx>wded thcii^h - - - 



(Tftyu n^and on C'\<m* z arfc, »nx1oU!:3ly.) 
No, no! ''on't do that. I mustn't be seen tonlcht or ihey'll 
send ce back. 



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®iLaxjaA_ 



^tata^^aa^M 



17. 

Sand you backl l»hy, i-hls Is e sold ataicredo. There aln*t no 
txjmJn* bacJc. 



'©n't r«lsk it, J'lwas* hi le ise for tonight - till w«*r« 
at 3©a - then t'll tell you everyihlnc. ^t's all heri< 
ilckly that ^ haven't found rryseif yet - but I Kte,tn*t 1 

tonli:ht. Won't yc'i help reV 



( lirpulwivoTy; dlated.) 
H«3p youv '^y - T*d atrln* roney on It. 



Sure, ^'Ike. An' see here, Migs - you Just take your tlce on 
expliuintjons. ^^ral3 f^Jn't onr lon^ ouU. Everybody I3 privl- 

QC^d to look oit for hit- o-m t^aKS '.j? hero. > square deal an' no 

;U«dt Jens ftskcd* 



i>4i. rou don't know what 5'v© don's. 



We don't sivo a daa: ^vhat , Oi done. 

Igrcbarrasaed and r<rolC(:;e tic.)^ 
• 3cu33 ite, ffiiua - their Liitie cuas words h^n^z around the back 
of ipy rcouth PBiongst the >x> Her teeth Just «wUln' to hoj; 
out Lhat-a-v^aj'. 

('Tia'.'^N laurjha, tplf rc-m^-ly <\nd nitJsed.) 



So .'/eu -'funt to stowaway? V^^^y mil* "^on fsf'te o-ir cabin, and 
we'll so h^loif, Bh, "^ax'^ 



Suits me - 



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Xc5« 

Oh, I can*t do that. 

T'e afi-ald. What are 1 Setting Into? 

(Aloud* ) 
lenT th'^ro aom© placo wher® I can hide fbr t-onlsht? 



Nobody will s»« you In th»5rf», mias. 

(f)p«w<»> dartlc ftnhln door- at ^ . ) 
Tfar«*.-j our 3tat«'*ooJR. Just rake youmeif at hom«. 



TTI?TEN: 
f^t.nl Vi-3altaLln.'>; under h>jr breath.) 
Oh, 1*K fr^lchtened! ''^ did I nndartak«> Lhla al saS on? 



St«p right In, Ml'ds. Any thins you don't like, Just thr'ow ^t 
out. I notlco you ulnH 30I no bai^sage, hui 5'ou' il find han^ln' 
frorc a hook at the foot of the borth a peir of ?py - - 



CtKM 
(Horrified.) 

!)95r! " 



(nteyflnt to^-yard cabin .) 
ihf^nk :ou 30 cuchi 



JutiL -130 anyuhlnc: you find lik-3 M was your om. ^n Ihat hook 



(^anicstlras, ah«k»s h»ad ne£»at1vely.) 



13. 

Eh? Oh^ that's all r»1sht. 

(To '-?l?T.y. -j>ho is sifUIn/^*) 
As 1 m^a sayln' t.efcf« If «as so rud^ljf «nt.«»rrui»t«<i - 

(I'TiSN j>lv.-?8 it tift> and l^ta H g .";o on») 
You'll notice at ih*9 foot of ih«'tunk a pair of bluo stael slx- 
shooter»3 - l.Vi-^ don't b»» afraid, they eUn't loaded. 



GT nir J 



(Relieved,) 
Ohl - 



You've been so kind already. T f jol like a ihlef to take your 
roott this way. 
( 

( V. QldinF, door open for ^KtI^m i^ enter, ) 
W© don't objoct 30 long aa you don't get to like our roflR. better 
than our can:i>any. 

('n^TETT en tors cabin m<\ ahuta door.) 



^13X : 



(W5nklnc.)| 

How'ij that? 



SeortB to me T'v« heord H before. 



■ 1E\' ; 
( serious no7/. cs he f Ilia hlu rife and llj^hta I t.) 
What sets re '.3 - what b "in.'^s her h(*y*e'^ 



(?aelnr reBtl'?8aly« ) 
Whtit b^nes ^i^^r >Br©? B^hl ^hat brines them all? ^at brought 
the >ich*>3a, and '>i'='rry Mniotte, nr^ «ll the rest? 



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v.'-.oo- :,Jj.-x:., 



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^•v fify ^*> •'( ^ 



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ev'i.'ot^ Off J 



20. 

'SETT: 
You*r« in tad - She ain't ^hat kind* <?he»s ^oo ^Ine — too 
hl^jhatnan^s — too pretty* ^y, she looka like a thoiicand dollflr 

pony. 



Yea . - too p^otty! Too p»^tty to be aiona - or anythlns excsiu 



T)BX: 

( n-t^QV/l 1 r; - J csr ly . ) 
Thla ^-or^h country haa pi otb ruinjd yoM, U>y. You think 
th«y*A^ rll alike - an' ' don't know bur. 4,}v.t th»y ara - ai' 
•co'pt Viiti on*. Soercs like 3h<f'g d1ffej*9nt goRflhov - dirn't if 
1 can tell. 



II 



(?!^tting: ru3ln-iy.) 
1 had an ancsator ion 3 f.30 ^^lo b'iccan«"i*r9d ateonc iht; inii«s. 
<?jj^« ««.-.3 1 think "J he.v9 his blood In ire. Oh, ha vws a devl ll 

1.3 low and fifxracit&ly*) 
H-^ coffva anv*. '^hlspers thln-s to rt» In the nle^^t - ha '3 doing 
It now. I can haar hire - jorcathlns about the apoHs of war. 

(Plain,::.) ^ 
^Vhy"noT"^ T "o^iC^t for her tonight, "^ex, tha way 'ne i3«d to fight 
for hla sweathisarts i'lon^ the Mexl eoea - a'^d like hta, Tir 
ijt-on;: enough t© taka what 1 'want. 

(Flexes hi -j armr. as thcn^h ^eii-i^: hlc st'-enj-th.) 



ii5T: 



You old ^av<,iC'>« 



Y«t3, viwro'o ^01 bouL th'5 ',....-.-■ »hat rakes rre aavage, 

!5ex. Thf' air o: . -th whets every . Inetlnct In iro. 

1 revert. 1 feel the old primitive paaalona of rey pirate grandad, 
Away fr'OR: th«? cltleo ^ grow - 1 expand. 



.jrniij'^^ns "vo - '^r; 



(,v.r/ ■•<■ ?rr-^^). 






• Ij. «;;vJ nuo I 



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21. 

G«r©rul you don't liiat. ^'ve aeen rcen drunk on Rountaln aJr 
b«for«. 



(Xau-hln-. and reaklnr a faae at !)extr*y»r. tni^^ftft a«M->ka>^ 
id I ISfhcit a ansu.lco! Vou ou^t to ha In qiiarantlnia 



'*d rather aire 11 Hki* a i*an than talk like a kid. You desecrate 
wiTS hour of rjdltetlon ^vlth rhapsodies on nature vvhen yoif 
aeothatlc ain't hon-Kl vb^ %o th^ beauties of /jood tobacco. 



at EN : 
( T-fturhl n/T : then g us 1 n r af;a 1 n * ) 
1 wonder Afho r,he 3 r;I ?;he»3 too beautiful to be /rood. 



Well, 6h<5 ain't too beautiful to bo hungry. '^*n goln* to ruatle 
otsB 2 nib for her. 
(Oooa un r. ta/re w R^ ) 



Th«^ old i> Irate 1a 'fvhiaperlnc to me, 7)ex, We saya soaethlnc 
aboU. the opoils o f war'. 
(I >:^u"h} n - bo 1 3 tore Uij 1?/. ) 



1 kno .v the -.^jote, tion. To ;he Victor b«»lonca - - ^^la Master' a 
Voice*. Thqjr ovm th© copyright. 

(Rxlta nr^ B. T?. aa ryTJlV., I'l«7fully, th'X)wa aottsthlng aft^jr 

■•■ir J ' ; " 

(c?^Er Try enters frx)K '^. n.) 

CITERRY: 



Well, boy'. 



:l 



(IT EN: 
( SurTHoed and /tlad.) 
Why, f!hei*r*i'! Wi«if«e on tdftrth did yo'i cores ft^jrc? 



1 eaa© aboard T,on3cht at Unsiaska. 1 Ys&rfX you «»i?« here. 



1*18 glad to -jse :!'ou again, llttio slr*i. 



nnsRRTs 

(J«aXoual7>) 
Who 1'j thia ^/c!*:nn you wre flighting over? 






Oh, don't ti'y that, 1 saw It all, ^o i•^ she? ^/ho Is sh«? 



{?au thln;^ &t her* ) 
Jealous acain. ^»11» there's nothing in 5i. TJqx and I harr«*ned 
10 t© catting cJcvm the -fJ^vvf vrhen yhe csaco r-unnln^ out of the 
d£i:r^ne38 p'^rsued >.y boe^j sailors. She called for help, and 
natutially yf& ^ev'^ > v t© h-^r. '^e fou^i thetr back, and bro\i£;ht 
h«r t! board. 



1 vjonfler i f you are lying. 

(OT ISM. shriAf^ his shoulders; lights a c^c'^^rette.) 
Weix - ^ he.ve ne'.vs for yo'S - newa about the irlnso 



About, the Ml(.!o.s? Whi» t 'it 1 '-? 



etiM© X 






Vfi 



ban' 



Thsjpe'a » plo*' on foot- lo take It away fPon; you. 



Oh, COB! 9 no'vJ That's j»4dicuio'Jai W© discovered vhls clna. 
We own it. And w«'ll keep it. 



WERRV: 
1b ten* Roy. T got the tip strelcht nhat there's a rean cottlng 
by the naree of McMattara you'll need i-o watch closely. ^n*t 
let hlffi lay hands on the Mldisa, that's all. 



But, ny dwftr 3lrl - Conereas h'is glvw us a code of le.va c^r ■ is 
sending U3 courts Coadminister ihep . '^'^^-^ ^i ll be ju V:'n^ «nd 
ttarfehals f n;l r-ll rhat aort of thine* 



CTTi^RYj 
Th>*'' t Just It. Those nr*e »he best cards In the deck. 



Your ne-^s doesn't ^rry ise'. In f««jt, I aleost wld^. aotcobody wguld 
jvror ohe Midas - ^'d enjoy the exercise. 



CHERRY: 

^«1L, rrayb© you'll have iTtie chanoa. Anyway, 7»ve warned you. 
i-3ll (te - , 

_( ''Vr-f»B closer Lo hlg; r ' _nalvoxy..* 
You don't r^all;' care fo. ..>• . other" v/r>fr«n? 



Why, T never saw '^^'- ^""^ 'onlffht. 



•mm: 

Then - k< -, lo^, 

( Takes hy coat labels and turns up her face* ^> takes 



,t0 



crEN J 

W© - Uia t 13 all ov«r. T told you so when I left !5aw8on. 



CHSRRY: 
(yaaslonetoly«)_ 

No, 3 1 J sn'tJ ^ou think It Is, but It isnH, 1 love you too 

IE jch to let you qo. 



fJlEM, 
(Q lancinn at deck cabin. I.) 
Wot 30 loud. 



;:KERnY: 

( Recklasal?/*) 
Ph, let tharc h?arl I'a not aahajeed of rey love. I thought I 
could clvo you \ir, tut I never knew .tJii yoi'i 30 no how rt'X&\ 
1 wanted yea. T»ve seen ven antl reen, and they've loved ire, 
but T raver cared for anybody till I aaw you. They ran after 
rr.e , but you were dl f f *»rent - you aade rce core© to you. 1 can't 
stand It, Roy. 1 can*t live thla way. I'll do anythlrg . I'll 
glv'3 anythlnc Ju^t 'o tn where you are. 

(^fith'?t1 fflalTy.) 
What do you thinkf of a woaan who ^11 beg? I've loat Ey rrlda • 
'•a a fool - but T can't help it, 

(G tKWl<:;T?n la leaning against steps H.) 

^*fr. aorry you feel thla way - It ian't cy fault - and It's no 
Use - "'•ve beon ^Tonest with you olways - - 



Y«G - y«s - 



cten: 
- and ^'m honest with you no*. 1 thou^h^ ^ lov^d you once, 
uut It wasn't love. Love, 1 believe. Is aoitsthlnc different, 
but I don't kncvf, for 1 h«ve never loved a \«Mt&n. My life Is 
30 full, there's no yoorc, I'lf afr&lrK ^'ve dallied here b 
bin, or trifled there, but r^v^^y* yet >» ve ^ loved a woaanl 
I wish I rcli:^t, even tho^Jgh I loat he?*, j srhap^. I've soite. ti: 
thou,^t that to live through such love ae the poets sine ebnut 
K)Uld be wor'th any cost, even dlsappolntte^nt. 



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CHERRY I 



J nopij you Kfty T»V"9P hBtva youf wi*, boy* There's more pain 
th.'in pleaiJttpe In T^hat kind of lov®. It's a terHtl© thing. 
(Shlp*B toll atr11t':^3 1 a» R. ° '^ ieils. Vpic® of looko ut 

( C'T„:"' and C'K^rrv hrv'^ rQistdn'^d at.jr.nvHn/!^ silent and b 9 ri ous » 



GT.EM: 
Ono o'clock alrH>adyi 



C'ERRY; 
Well, loy, 1 ^sh you nothing but luck. As soon as I g^t 
set tlsd I'll s«e you I'SR^tt* <^ood-nt>ht. 



(Qulatly.) 
Oood nlj^ht, ffhorry. 



( iltill 1-7 gter-s« T?..: r'Rgln,-^ fit cihin door T .) 
5h<> * ; > not Ilk® - the oth-srs, ani y®t « ^^'ly ll^she alon© In 
this l-ind? 

Why <Ud aho coffi-J to ft® out of th© dark, if ^'k not to ^lav© h«r? 

( At th<9 .-u-tistlon '?^f^Ti?*T y.y^t,gT«B_ryyv-^ t;al3ln» looking: al... 

fU:^t1V')l.y.) 



HETEN; 

( Rellwxl at a^^alnf: <^len..) ■ 
1'r loo r© ^'vo'JiG to a toy 5n;jld», Ho one will. a«« c® h«»r«>, 
will they? 



GIEM: 
(Advaneln-! ":lad.ly.) 
If we h»ap anyontj cortlns W9 can so In. Th» old rsan ia down 
balov raklnj alc*is ^o tha cook. 



!TETEM: 
I'va !,eiQn i//ilnking that ^ c'i^t to explain Ey actions to you. 



Vq don't naod exrifinatlon;:3. Vou wer» in trouble, that waa un- 
fo^'tunata; '.70 helped .ycu, that was natural; no cjudstions aaked 
that '3 Alaska. 



CAPTAIN; 
(Off staffO .) 
I'll have tho iuayt»t»ieaet«j!» see to it. 



arsM 
0': ou*, - ha)?e coRes the Captain 
( 1-0 TT^ t^ntor stateroor hur"--'? t^dl;/ . ) 

( %itm, <*^VrFTA-''? cotf.98 <Jbwn fy*or- H. P., and f^agos af'tar ihC K . ) 



^e?!"" '. VI CO dolnf^ai T ru^t aay. 7 \v-o«d«i'' ^ho she Is I 

( ^-^•".7^* -y -, nr^- >ared on I'^-'-J'^e g-n ? is d^scendin.:; ^^"'^' '^J^TRV 
--'' --iTr^n. n. P. ^vl ',h trr'.y of IJjhf^s. Aa ha I3 c:'^o >.^Vrt.~ 

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Whiit lava you ther*^, >?xti'v? 



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Juat a lit tl© lunch for* th» boy. 







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CAPTATN: 
lunch I At this tltto of nls^t^ What Is M, »h? 



W«il, In a ttlnine aaap th®yM call it, "Two cackles, e grunt, 
and a loud teller.* 



QAJPTAJV 
Two caoklds, a gnmt, and ft loud bellow'^ 

(WUh a lau;^ of adrjecent.)^ 
Now what in the iVor*ld - ? 



Hjiri' and ©ess and a long claes of ttllkJ 



C/iF TAJ N : 
Oh, ho - I s«G. ^'«ll, well» ihat'i- not bad* 

(Thtiin seriously*) 
You nearly 30 1 left tonighi, didn't you? ??erv0d vou r-ight 

Jf :'ou he.d. 

( Con n den tl ally. ) 
^y don't .you rr»k^ Oli^riister cue those Aiasken woEcen? ' see 
Ch^srry Mnlotte Is after >i1n; ac« in. W»nted to held up th« sh^r 
lill he rtaae aboj^r^l, ty Jove 1 And 1 saw you tonight, Dextry, - 
on the dock - fighting over h wocim. Tnke ry advice, there's 
nothing; In U. '^11 - ilon't let the f^ml got cold. 1 believe 
I'll go Inside with you f^nd have a bite. 

( ^m^ netj botvetm CArT/.l>-^ anc^ crbin doo r . ) 



Well - *)r - th«» toy ^.-.in't 1-? .- ^ - ■ ''■'"' '^" -^"jt^ - 



CAPTAIN: 

( f^ruf f 1 y -:o od -nti tu re d . ). 
So Euch the b!?tt««ir, '^'ft nj^ckiQ nnd -runt for his, ^vhl le he 
bellows'. 

(T .ftUj:h:.3 ;;t h^:, 0-m Jo:<>?; rf.-.tfiag dec" knob . / 
Open up, -Ionia tar. Op«n >ji^ for inaiect^on]! 



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(T^oor op^^nai CrT^Tn'^TgH earea out.: teakeg vo el03» doot* 
a ftay hiK. 'but CATT.ATM hfta ^apigd^^el^n.) 

Ho id on! Who's yonr^ frUand? 



(Sola do-fft tray*) _ 
■-iU£;hT. vri-h '.ha c^'oda! 

rCA^T'T^' •nvolimtaril.y lifts Hi's gar: '-.hen beootses sUf f 

and fciiaal; ^laalng f'r'ort '-'wlrtr? ;..o. ^xen Ja ■-'^r cyni oally«) 



Ah, not foellne well, "^^h? 1 thousht "f knew all our lady pass* 
ncj»fa, ^'7011 - Introduce tm* 



(5tENj 
1 «• i;h - didn't cestch t-h0 na»fi ey 5@lf . 



CAP TAIN J 



^h, vhar^'o not macl'i t© say. "^^ 
•botird '■-onl^ht. 



iusiij lad^ m h-'y>n^t 



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iJy whos® r-en£?3a1 on'? 



plioik. 



! ?'iich as aver you save is . tho £:*^"C~ 



(Indlf-nent-ly*)* 
So you ©r© otowlns away 1^.1 es In your* cabin, dh^ Novel and hi£,hly 
Bor'al sch<9iR3 thatl Weil .- whose 's she? f^ulc'^l Ansvr«r f"©J 



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CAPTAlHj 
Yours of cotroe, "f auppos©^ 



((Quietly.) 

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Battar 3®t tha bin© pHnfcs of this preposition, ^ap, h^fors 
yoni ffiake any Kor^ C5*ack3 like that. It was uhin w«y, Th© lady 
had to K«lw a QUlck get-a-way • w» heip#d hor sSde-atep 

soe© H^'Jlovis and brought liar a"b08.nas and - - - 



Thfit stoi^y wonH c-ol ^Ofcit v«as she running away froi£ 



You custn't fii Ik. about tta like that. 3 can artewer- your questions. 

lt*s tr\M — t ytm f»v;ay. 3 ht^d to, 'S}\en wh*»n ih'5 sailors followed 
rc© theaa r^en "c'^at rhoi? off. Thay heir«u r© once and they'll 
protect ttn ^Qiiin — froR* your Inauits. ^ can't ^xriXr-ir how 
iaportent It la for t® 1.0 r®ach ??offi® at onc«» f not rty 

secret. But It was ©now'^ **<> ^s^® fs«> away froE r?y unol** In 
Seattle at an 'irur'a notic® (^)hor? no one ©Ist ooi,?.'? •" ■ - ., "^ »--♦ 
get r-o ^^oTJ' 1. It*s life «r>(' d-^/^.th.- 



( Biyelnff hq^r ahan^l^-* then softenitY: a blt.^ 
But, my d«ar rJsa -- the other ahlpa vlll get there Jus t as soon 
aa -his on J, 



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Th« ship T iQft will not* 



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CAP TAIN J 
The? miia'. ^'«<^^ ^'od'. You Jam t© 3te.nd vh@re and ten r-s that, 

(Tu^na upon "JftX. «nl ^*lf^n.) 
)* ye hear t hat ^ V o'i' va ru ined rre. I'll put you all In Si'ons. 
My" God! Th0 ^Mfil 



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Wliat'a vji>? Th«>r9's easellpox aboard tn© pni.O..? s>"^- '^'^'^^ a:i-,>ay 
has irt)ken quarantine. 1 kn^w ihe health Inspector had bottled 
ur ''h9 Wat at dark, and that* a why 1 puliad cMl so suddenly. 
How W9»1T be H«ld vr vrh»n >«» £j«t to T^oR«. They'll put u^ In 
quarantlw for thl ^y days, ^o^, and ^^'ll'navs to l^^/'^^^^® 
rnonih after th9 la^t syap^-off dlsappf>ary. T^.. ^ ^-^^- ^^^^ s'*^*^'' 
If fi^a ftlgsaa® k'wps on bri^^'-^^ln •: c\it. 



Great TToavencl W«»ll lo«« '-^"(e Mldsa. 



Suz-e thln^: They'll jv-^> -' ' '^'^^^ ^^ ^^"^ '^^"'^ ^^^^ »^®**^ **^ 
tho rufih. 



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'J)©n*t blmce thesa K^n, elr; they dltln't know* 1 air. the only 
on«i at fault. Oh, I had t o get away. 



CAPTATWs 
How do 1 know that? ^'hat's that 3>t to do wJth ice and cy 

(IliST-E?? look^; L&ok at ^ex. and ^lan« '^ho have /rone tip , B . "t . , 

X. take tha Criptain into h'?y confidence, Th^jy ar^^ "*« ^«) , 



1 have rapei^ here that jr.ust.be delivered at once. 

epulis le.rr.^ onv^iore '-^if way fyptr i,o .o:-, of dre^ g . ) 
My nnrre ia ^*el©n Ch^otor. T'r. ih« li 3co of the new ^«dorsl 
Jud^o who ^2 corcini2 '-o Norte to open co'jrt, and 1 carry ijtportnnt 
docTBcents thot coiild not be entniated to the real Is. My uncle 
sent n.o • - 1 had a raid with rre, but she vms caught aa "we were 
leaving the Ohio . If these papers are not delivered, It will 
Jtoan riot and bloodshed and other dreadful things, T can 
tell you !:-hls iruch -- it oonoems rrinclrJ^lly « rcarvello^ rclne - 
the r-i cheat In all the North — ^lelrt by desperate men who don»t 
owtt It, Oh, 0;. ptaln, the issues are tr^jcendouc -- ^ mn^t i2pt 
throni.li. 



(?>Gratchln/^ hla h'^ad.) 
1 Bsues t rettoncic as , » h? T'seer ic have !iDard that before tonight, 
(gyelnr: h>r fihe?Tl:/ and auspi don sly.) 



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i5ex, ih«ro nre elghc hun^ired r;'.a rcen e^.board thl:i ship cncitnc; 
like anlrcftla in leash. '^ »-■ '^ • v '^^n.^ ?t-,1c- o'J. ■v„.>v't: tear 
us to ileooQ. 



Th-ty won't l-wive enough of ycM **nd rce to grease a glrrlet with, 






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-ut I }^v©n't the sRalu^ox. I wasn't even exposed to U, 



l*r sorrj/, but 1 ir'Jist do ry duty. 



Gl IBM: 
(Crossing to CaraalnJ 
Captrln, If this ahlp ia delayed w« will lose tYm MJdas. 



And ^&% d»y© think I stand to loa®V I»ii t.eil rr^n whst — T'n 
Isolate this .younc lady in on« of th^ atateroonis, and turn her 
over to the health Inspector at Noi?<9. 



Oh, you WDUldbi»t do that. 



You'll havo Eutlny In, an Ijoi^r-, if you do. You?- pasa^nc^rs are 
all mad with the gold T&vev, and they won't put up with any 
delay. Why, can, they're piuiRla crazy J 



Sure'. And your flric is 11 ^l*j in daEages for ;/Dur carelessness 
In I0ttln3 this snsaiijiox caae i:et aboftrd. 



CAPTAlKj 
(Bnraged.) 

My careleanm^a! 



Of co^irse - - under the laws of <^allforny that's » statuary 
offence, and means you'll ^et p life sentence twice. X know,' 
1 'r a regular power o^ attorney, I a© I 



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Cuj^e yoisp inaoldnce'. % C^r^l^asWssl 

(Baffled.) ^ 
I'll hand h^ over to the ahlp's doctor -- 1*11 wash rcy hands 
of h^v. 



See her«, now, (5© easyt Thla will eean the niin of vour owners 
and yo'JTself Just as aur-e tis 1'- will aean ours, for I know your 
coispanj^ raya five thousand a day for the charter of this ship, 
Vo'i* 11 lie It up, end lose your joh, that's a cinch. On ih^ 
other hand, we'll be In ^^ocsse before this girl could show ayntptoKs 
of the disease, even If she had it. If yoM say nothings* nobody 
will know. We'll keeprher hidden. 

(Indicates state roog T. ) 
You CO up forrad to your irids©, sir, and forget that you 
stopped In to see yours truly, "'an alive, thlnlc what It 
aenna to ua a HI 

(H AVT/TN heal ta tea, looks at TTaien klmliy, end relents.) 



(To the iten« br'^aguely.) > 
You'll hf^ve to b-^ careful of the steward, then. 

(To ^*eien.) 
^on't feel hurt over what 1 aald, Miss — I cadje a relstake. These 
fren will see you through; 3 can't. Then when you Qet to Noire, 
rtcxke ycur aweeth&art carry you the day you land. You ere too 
far Worth to be alone. 

( C A^TA^^T noos up to bridge, and exits Into pilot houaQ.) 



{"PannintT h las elf.) 
Wiowl Tht'. rjk you for therr kind words. 



(^Inks lovn on a seat.) . 
Oh, Tb! slad. "^ou have saved re twice tonlfiht. How cpn 1 
tjaank you? 



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I>on*t try. Jiiat tackle this smb. 

(Sottln.'q: ti*ay and going towards cal>in "^ ») ^ 
lt*s cold, but It's healthy. 



WETFN : 
^ lease no — 7»tt; not hungry. 



Vea, .you b9. 



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■^o try a bit© and a swallow. 



Well - If yo'a'll let rce aat out h-^re? I don* t feel as if ' 
could be loft filon* yet. 

(cihQ beftln.3 t.Q Qat.J 
Won't you talic to ce? 

{7o_2axJ 
Anil do tiffok^^. ^ love it. 

(C!-T..E*? sr>en:a good? and aU^mt ami fin all -'^ wnnderw >it> to 

mil et ■'«. while '^^ , taT'Cs lo h'gr. ) 

(tlr-htln;^ h1.<3 ylre and puffing between tireea.) 
-hese here economical nutrlaentg you're ^ettln' Inticate with 
'iflnds ce of an gxpertence I had once. Fo^ three years> miss, 
1 was cooped \xj[> with no^hln' but ho^-bocatie an' brown b^ana to 
eat. Vea, ra'att — three years without a t»ste of fresh fruit 
nor meat nor nothin* — 'cert j>ork and beana. ^ly, T»ve st 
bacon till ry Ircaortal aoul has (*rx>mi a rind. After the third 
year 1 began to hanker for bony fide cp^nh, some thin' acan'ioua. 
3o It book«d ir^asase for ^Jeattla, and on top of three year3 
vork an* bean.i , I hud nary a thins to f^at on board for seventeen 
days 'cert canned salmon. Well, aoon'a I a^^ to town, T pallor 
>o the bast reatawrant tm* prepare for a hu.'3;e potlatch. Xhi;5 
here, T detormlrte, is to be e gcritandl xin' Je/j Which shPll 



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live In history, "Plrst, I call fo^ flv« dollars worth of pork 
an* b9«ns» and then a full cro-m plattar of cftnnod salRon. 
Wh«n the v/altor lays ' ^rc out in fr«ont of rre, I looks them vlitles 
coldly In their dissuatin* visages, an' says in sarcastic 
accents J "'^et ih^re, daaai ycul an* ivatch me eat real srufc," 
which I prt>c©ed to do, eleanin* the renu froit soda to hock. 
When 1 have done ay 'Worsjt, I pile bonea sai* olive seeds an' 
peelln's all over iheic articles of nonria^ieent, stick tooth- 
picks Into then;, an* havln* offered ' e what other lndl,':?iHle8 
occur to rre, ^ leave the piece. 

(HI5TJR?? laur^a mirthfully Ht ^ext'^/'a story, y^hQ htis 
-finish ed oat in "-. She 5 s »t h or ease now with the :tmr' 

l r.mv*r. DEt T- — l!;5f^ A. M, . 5 beila — aoundb off.) 



(Cnillng :o Oi«^n up B,) 



^'r» Olenlster, what portent do :/ou - t-"' that Kbkeg you stare 
Into the nl-jht so enx lonely? 

Q^ma nr^fi." 'IT- 'r}<^ r^mv^-r-' '^' '"tr ftp-"-''"'; ' exits i?.) 



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( Tumlri/^. and eoRln,'^, «iowi to her.) 
1 m. try1n3 to read the rceaaage of the ^orth. 



And ^at doos ^t aay to you? 



OTJ?TJ : 
It aaye: "This is food's ric^B country vrh-are a wan Is a Eon, 
nothln^l jTo f^. Our land I3 new and pure, o'»r faces are to 
the fr^nt. If ^^ou have been so.uare, so ipuc3i the bettor; if 
not, leave bohlnd the taints of artificial ihlngs and start 
again on the level — that 'a «il.* 



(stirred by the .youn^ tern's aerlousneMs.) 
1 feel that T air eolng to like the North. 






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Perhaps you will, alt^u^ U I3 not a wcisanS land -« yet. 

Tell rc'9 w>»t 19d you h^sr^ . You ai«6 an Kastomer. You hav« had 
advanteces, and yit yott c>iooae thia. You ifeust love the North. 

CTJ?N; 

Yes, 1 do. It calls to ice all the tlR«. ^%en onoe you've 
lived the lone laaj' ^^a» days that know no ending, and haard 
geese honking under a aunlU cldnieht, or when once you've hit 
the trail on a winter's Romlns 30 shtirp that the air tstlnee 
your lungs, and the Whole white anient world cllatens like a 
jewel - and v^en -ou've seen the do^i^s rciRpins In harness till 
the 3 led ^'jnners whine like the sons of a cutlass, ^^lie the 
mountain ranees stand out like L'?autlful carvings against a sky 
of steel — 'SOU, It gets in your* blood, thfxt'y all. It iteans 
health and equality, and unrestraint. Th&t'a what I like beat -- 
tha utter rostrnint. 

(He la under a trpn/: ewotlon, and gaaea at her pass lonat ely. 

They are standing by the --1^1 aed deck , akyll^ht at T.. ':, leanl ng 

^yon 11 at oa^e. ! 

(Vlth a lau.^h 10 relax th e tenajon.) 
You are quite i>oetlcal for a savage. 

( Crpl n gr on, >jU t In a H gh ter _^ one . ) 
As a boy ^ U30d to c^' at the ear of Alaska for hpune — it- 
was onlv a bic blank co-n i' of the ^'orth then, yI th icounialns 
and n^ystery. But It su^f^ sted everything unkno'«n end mird, 
hairy reastodona , 3avas« Indians; wl th bone arrow heads and 
sealskin trouaers. 



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C£l-t_b. haicour. ) 
Ho — 1 found that th» cJnwr* w»r« WaJry, tli« Indlens had heads 
of, bona, and the sQalaklns had lietn 3®nt out to the States 
to n>8k« conte fo« young la<^^ stenogrsphops. 

( Reooll«etln.ft» ) 
By the my, vrhv.t'l.rini^a you \p heret Va^jdevii^e? 

( ' Tgir:^T aViav^a >-^ey head nega tlvely . ) 
!)«nca h<-«il, J pr^surc«? ' 



(ARUa^d .) 
Wo — T tell not — n«lthe>« do T -jpjn — In th© dance bails. 

I herald tho ccRlng of the Law I 

OT.KM: 
BahJ 1*n afri^ld of 1 t In this country. Wa«v9 ml1©d on oxir 
co\iras® f^«d o"ia* fltlt3. 

(lo^ll n- hi a hip r>o eketj ) 

But w»»il h,wo to OTliUckie there both wh©n th© lew coisas. 

21i9 QDits r?.ay ^o; but th© couface nevep. Ther© is soitethlnr; ©laa 
tYu\t brines tp& North. 1 have a b>x>tha3? ^ndarlns 30C'9wher»"ln 
thia country. He i«ft 'nom(^ when icy pother di6<?, and l»ve navor 
seon hltt alnca. T vo wd I'd find hla 1 f T could — there are 
only we t«o left. 1 i^ot n^wa of him Indirectly once »t I5«wson. 
Bad nawa. J h^ard tht t ha — drank . 

(Tlffhtly .) 
H© rrotjal&iy ata, too. Mogt iran do. 

(Then sarloualy, a gal n. ) 
No, 1 don't like to think of tho law. ^o far W9 hava had r«»aco up 
hore, end Justice, but a MWimlns has coce to rca already that 
thera Is a plot on foot to rob "^x and rca of the Midas - our 
rrlna — one of the richest in tYus country. 

( ^^,JF.V ?. tare a a t h 1 ^ Jr^tanq y , ^o ni e r 1 ng . ) 
That imdemoath this cloak" of Justice you call 'ha law, there 
la a daec«r hotted for ua fellows who own the rich dlfjglnca. 



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38. 

Vou*r« wronc;. T.aw I3 the foundation, ^j thout it there con "be 
no pr^sresB. If you owi tJi» Midas» the law win pix>t9Ct you, 

I don't car© — 1 lik© th» old way best. T'le a pHaltlve rcan. 

1 love to irreotle with nature, and fl^ht for what 1 have and 

hold. My faet liave trod the ede© of thin^^a so lone that 1 want 

to stay whore life la what it was intended to be — a aurvivtxl 

of tha fittest. 

( \r.^.lZiV. ts drawn cloae>r to hig, aa though hyrn<^^'^J6Q ,'^«) 

Wy pioaauros are violent and my hate is bitter in jsy aouth. 

To snatch and s^ard I3 ley creed. What 3 ^nt 1 take — whether 

wine or worcan — - or spoils of war, 

(Hq take s "hp r hgf^d aa they both lean over sH;^ light fae i n s 
the audienco, and looks into her eyea passionately, H he le ts 
hla hold It a Kon;ent» then quickly draws it away, iimd coises to f5,> 

??poils of war? 1 don't understand, ^y shouldn't ;vou take them? 
To the Vict o" - 

jT r^yinr to ,jpg>ak lightly.) 
you knov; the rest. 



GlKNs 
( Following yiev '.o ^J 
Vou're ri(^ht. 1 shall not feil to take theiE, 

(He Keizea h'nr rsuddenly in hi a oras t^nd kisaes her on th-^ 
couth, ^h*? seera p&r^<j.lyjs-^d wl th surprise.) 



( S t r u/y. 1 i n T V i ole n ^>l y*) ^ 
OhJ 

( She strikes hi r ; with her fiatj but he pays no heed, klss^ ng^ 
her again and again. )^ 



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dau^.}^.'^ fiercely.) 
There* i never a l^w of "Ood or aon nmu North of 5». What I 
want 1 take. 

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(_Quie tly *)_ 
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(Breathless and cutrap:edj 
And cay fJocl atr'lke ffi© dead If I over stop hatln/; you. 
. LqlTS t^irn r/up sta ge to get away froR hltp, when thore is a 

sh oi off T^. end the sounds of rising turcoll. GtISW and HE tKK 



oten: 

( ?^h0rriy») 
Go lnt^.0 th9 cabin — quick. Th*9ro*s trouble here. 

(T'EIEN' /tazoB off R.. sl'Q'»l ,\t, ft^r.d. ^ISN f^pea ur 10 Tier, elso 

frazes off ^»)_ 
(iulck, I say, lt»3 a fleiVit! Ahl 

(Sudden runh frorr I;. T?. - CA??,^,! AR ^ARIKY, ^la»ffe_jr_e-V.Ql3tgLJg-Ln 
hand. H« I3 retreatln;-';^ ^ntnnln.^j croaaea to t, and turns. ,. 
^V> if-] fpllo-7ed- L_y "AMr>TRHy_g2^a» sh«vem wgll' /^rooiced, *fh i tw 
shirt nnd collar, der b y hat, alao arg^d. cno^n w.^.. in 
fror r. , n<l "^ « » ?-"ll f)-xc"l ted an J talktr.g«)~ 



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CT!/liRLSY: 
!)on*t follow rre, "ou dejen&d crook J 

(!Tft coverg^ r?AM, nTKP. with mm. and erosaea to r?., where '-^IS tRN 

i s cpygrlnr * <^-^^''? '^>*fl^ hS C T^^t^^ i ^^-^ "O^^ ^Q ^^''* ^^'^"^ ^^"^ 
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Will you pay thf^t bet? 



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No 5 lt*B G crooked eame. 



CROW!): 
(g>houtlng«^ 
Y«8. We' 3 rlG^it. T^ie ssK® ^""aa crooked. 
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aTJ5N: 

Wy Ood! Wo'ro In lln«l 

( He selzas '^TET.KN, forces her (Sown to h^^r knees a/tainat th<» 
vrallt th&n crouch'^ o ver her nrlthhio orgs about li& r> shielding 

(IJ OT'T ""'^ rn;'o at c>.-ic9. C.V'BTi'n whii ris ami falls, then rx>lls 
t o left 3ido, risos to l<»rt el low, trlQa to fire agRln, hut 
fTun dro-Ps frnart; hl^ Y^nl, n TT Jgy.F.Y atanda 3tUl» leaning.- forwet rd 
aftfgar'Tv. O/iI/aJ.RR drops fE< ee downwar^lg quivers and i 3 stil l) 

(Olt'rln.^ ji;t dead man*) ^ 
Yo\i had to have i t, didn't .you? 

(cnovn ruiih^s forward, sur^vx^undln.": nA?-v"iTF.R <iulckl.y« and 
Uuirln.fy hiir. off Ti, ?,} ^ 

(r/tPTA?^ arreara on b i^ldge, r uahea do^vn stepa; '^ATTORS ^me r 
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What's th« trott le here? 

' (Runs ]m ^x> '■'^^'AnTi'V, solaea .'^uti m<l tv/lats it out of hl-j ha nd) 

CiTIARTEY: 
^^e had to hBVO. 1 t - - the ilartned thl«f ! 



Coite wi th IT'S. 

{ " ATTnr?^ lay tToii of O^ARTjTy, an<l hi 3tlo hire off, following . 

C/^VlPlf^ rast of (^CT'n g.i3 0, 3%.P ^) 

(Bnt'r "^F.^'T^Y !-'. ^ j^h- t.. >>^1«dly through crx?wd to Qif»n and 
H.-^ J.en7 ^ni?!^? in auTf or tlna HRTEN as sh'^ pujls herself together) 



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No, thank --©avenl But W9 were close to Klnedott fJoRe. look at 

this. 

. ( Indlftfltgft Imllet nol*? in mVi, al^out breaa t hl^hg rig ht 
ove r whpro they c.'X>udi'^>U ^^TPN look^^ rrcl covers hf>r e;''Qs ; 
staggers etway.) 



T)E7: 
Holy Mackinaw! ^?hen they began to shoot 1 thou;3^t li >«a3 a 
caae of flowora end slow rKUalc for* you* 



Oh, coKO away froJt yiQre - It w&AamtMl* 



That* 3 9 sRcrie of mining carp law, Miss, It corce up ovei» a 
twenty doHur faro bet, too. Tha reinor said the ship© waa 
crt^oked — then Ys upset thfl layout, and unllrcbere4 his "gat"* 
while I took th« wat-sr jTirrp eind hi[^ hurdles without -^altlns 
for ffioro. I'r, coin' lo see what th«y do ^irl th this cuy. 



GLEN: 
Your intrx>ductlon to the ^'orth I3 ve r; tragi c» Wlss. It's not 
all like this, beilw^ rc-^. 



(Squerelyg) 
Ana 8 It fire inia0bt«»d to you again J 

(AngT'y and Irpetviou s*) 
Alt 1 n'?v ?r -.0 be dotw mtif :©ur services'? You taki? advantage 
of ry lon?lin'3ae to Inuult rre, and ihfJ noxt rrorrent you risk j'our 
ll/*« for Its with all ihe reckless chivalry of ^n Hnol-=int kr^lr^ht . 
Whi' t Rann»?r of iran are you? 



1 don*t knov/ — 1 nwer thou;i:ht -«- Now that th** rcadneas hfia died 
In rre I - - 

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1*1^ sor-T'y for* whet I Aid --Just now — you underetand. I've 
known the othap kind of vnoRen so lone that 1 — 1 tiund«r«d. 

( Oaglag at her Rore reveyei^tl,v.) 
Y«3; you aro different. 1 realiud that now. Porglva jt:». 



(Shufl dera ^.n<X shrinks awa y. ) 
No; 1 can nevor do thet. And yet you have saved ay life -- 1 
air grateful -- but, oh, 1 loath« you for that oths.r — oh! 

i'SMta her handa vo her face.) 



1 hove no excuse save that 1 wp n rcan of the woo<is and th» 
aountalnj. My blood la red. 



T!ET.R!T, 
You friijhton ee with tho cruelty of your strength. There^'s 
aOR^thlng away back In you that 1 foar , aoEeihlns -- 
ferocious, anl wild and cnouchlnc* 



Perhaps you're right. But I'll change if ^u want me to. I'll 
put by tj» old things and I'll let there rope and throw end 
brand rc:.^. 

(Vith a wlnnlnp-. affill'^.I 
1*11 3it on a tabou-iotte and drink weak tea, during woyitln^ 
hours. 1*11 put away revenge and fusbltlon even, if It will 
ffialce ;/ou — like Jte a little bit, 

(JS ntnr ^VEPnv TS'ijnT'iE. Ti, n. s^-R -j tanda watchln.<^, iheat 

(At cabin door T., optinlng It..). 
1 think 1 Rl :tit learn to forget ry hate i f you did. But, you 
can't do it. -- you are p aaviige. 

(^he <<xlts Into state- rooit.L 

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lin^n. ;^tch of "The tors^ '^r.^^^ '-^'-^^ ^^-^ "^ curtain.) 

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A aevac©' 

f-?1^n ^ bitter lau,r^h.; , ^^^^^^ ^j. 

thv? ViA&s to undo ^-hat 1 did tonleht. 

(tonka UP suddenly, InfjU^^^^ngly. ) 
I wonder what h^r nar?e In. 

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"THE COMING OF THE LAV* 



SCETJB; Law offleaa of Dorham & Struve, Home, 

Alaaka, , 

The atago shows the outer office, with 
entrance by door up T « close to B« . door up 
R, to Struve'B private office, and doo r 
down R. to WcHwara*s private office. The 
office fui*niture is modern and new, with 
evidences of minine camp life. Across half 
of B. . at Right is a bay window overlooking 
street below, showing house tops and sea 
on back di*op in the distance* T^amaining 
half of B. at Left, is occupied by a small 
_cubby hole of a room, vdth casement window 
opening on hinges in t^Afo parts to let the 
liRht in» Ta?- bcoks cofar the walls withi n 
^s far as thiy ara visible. Tine op en 
entrancQ to this roon. near outer door, is 
hung with portieres. There is a h*::atins 
stove down L.C.; a liquor cabinet o r 
sideboard B.C.. between window and eubbv 
hole. At R. between the doors to private 
offices thora is a safe. Flat table 



littered with papers at R.G, There is a 


chair on each side of the table and one 




near the stove. The window is wide open 




.through the act, and street sounds may 


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heard from time to time . 

Midsummer of the same ye ar. 

When the curtain rises, the BROHCHO KIP , a 
slim dark man, thirty years old^ lang uid in 
movement and yet alert, dresaed in a ne at 
business suit with Stetson sombrero, is 
discovered seated on chair atllt near. stove. 
Ha polls and amokaa cijearettes interminably. 
Also the COUNT du SPARC, pacing: the flo or 
excitedly, and vigorously sucking: a lemon> 



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The cu rtain rlsag to a few bars from 
orchestra of "The Long Trail". TOien it la 
well up, the COUHT begins talking as the 
orchestra muslo gradually ceases* 



COUNT: 
(Throwing up his arms, excitedl y) 
must see Messtaire McNaiaara. 
( Stops to such lamon and ahttddera) 
leave! I go? I am of the most onhappy! 
(Sucks lemon: same business) 



KIB: 
(tanguidly) 
»hat»s wrong, Frenohy? 



COUUT: 
Ugh' The •ole countres is wrong. It ee» not fit that, a pig 
should llv3 in It, Ah, I am desolate in the mind! 

(Sucks lemon; discovers it is dry; t hrows it out of the window ) 

KID: 
(Indifferently) 
Gome on, let's have your story, Three L®raps. 

COUTIT! 
(Taking another lemon from his pocket, and sucking it with 
fresh gusto) 



I am arrive h^r© of the steam ship* I am charm wit* the 
countres — • eet ees strange, wonderful', ever' body so busy, so 
•xcite-like — they 'ave drink till they obtain of the 

(Hesitating; for the wo rd) 
that you call 'em? — the JagI Eet aes the gold fever. I say: 
"Volla." I shall buy a mine an* become a millionaire." Ver* 
well*' I look aroun^ for an honas' man. I fin* him. 'E comes 
to me an' say, "T^fonsieur, I »ave own a ver* rich mine. I will 
sell him to you cheap." 



KIT): 
Ihat was the name of the mine? 



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COUTTT: 
Th« Busy Be«' 

(Suddenly attacks lemon, wtilch he hag forgotten In hl8 
sxclteraent) 



KID: 
OuchJ 

(Tjettlnf; tilted chair down with a thud) 
Where did it sting you? 



CCUHT: 
This Busy Bee is looate on an islan' in the sea, t'irty mile 
froa the shor\». I pay hia one t'ousand dollar. W© sail away. 
Ver» well* 

(the couyr sucks lemon for a moment, then proceeds ) 
But w»en we have reach the islan' , what does mat scoxradr-rel 
do — that hone 8 • man? 'S sails away ^ an* I am left ship wreckJ 

(Attacks lemon savagely) 



KID: 
He was a perfect lady, wasn't ho? 



COUNT: 
Ah, but wait, waitJ 

(Sucks lemon) 
Maybe you t'ink there ees a rich gol» mine there? But no J 
There ees not'lng - no t * ing - but the hut of an Eskimo Indian. 
I am bstrayJ I am — i*iat you call it - film flamS 



KID: 
Didn't you bunk in with the Eskimo? 



' COUNT: 
Ah! 

( Sucks lemon ) 
That ees even more sadi I famish like the wolf all night till 
the dawn. At last I am compel to eat t^iat food of the Eskimo 
of Ktoich the nose has to be grasped. Moii DieuJ - the acaelll 
The lasts! Set ees worse than pigs. Set ees vile! 

(Sucks lemon; throws it out of the window B. , takes ano ther 
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KID: 

(Mora Intgpeated than h@ haa be<ans turns ro uncl froa stOYe, 
- and aaks as if it were too good a joice to be t rue) 

that ? D*y« mB&n — whala blubbar? ' ' ^ 



COUTIT: 
(sadly; shuddering) . 
/as. 'Av© you taste him? 



KID: 
(With a lauff h of paliahj 
Taste it? I have, Count, and it's Just as nice as a ^uart of 
spoiled oysters* 



COUNT: 

(Shuddering and attacking lemon) 
For ten days I live underground vdth those savages - then I tm 
rescue by a steam boat. Tu think that I - Henri Gulllaume, 
Cc»apte du Sparc, the gr-r-reat, gr-r-reat gr-r-rand son of the 
immortal La Fayette "' 

(Kisses his hand into space) 
- *ave swallow each day a piece of that w'ale blobber of t»o 
sufficient oldness^ For twp weeks now I 'ave eat an' eat 
the lemon - every day an' every hour. I eat him that I may 
forget, but no* I am not relieve* 

(Shudders) 
I am like the Jonah that swallow' the whale. 

J Fumbles in pockap 
Mon Dieul They are gone* I go quick' quick' I can taste him 
again. 

( He throws the sucked lemon up at window, but this time it 
eomes as neat: to hitting STRUYB Who is entering up R. at" the 

momenta as it can. STRUVE dodges, and the GOUKT exits 

hurriedly up L. ) 



KIT): 
i Turning; languidljd 
Hello, StruveJ T>id you hear what happened to Frainchy? 

( y^TRUVE Is a man about thirty-five years of ege; clean shaven; 
buahy head of white hair: disaipated face, w^ gf>«>« to «ifia» 
board when he comes in. secures whiskey bottle and glass and 
pours out a drink as he tatlks) 



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STHUVS: 
No, Hard luck story? 



KID: 
It would melt a h«art of firebrick. Som® f«llow plck«d him 
for a flat wheel, and gave him the *iort circuit for a thousand 
volts. 



STRUVE: 
How does he feel — • blue? 



KID: 
He's the huzoan wiggle-stick. 

STRUVE: 
Have a little "hootch". Broncho? 



KID: 
No; I»Tn hit (died to the hydrant. 



STRUVE: 
Well - happy days I 

(Drinks; makes wry face) 
The Count ought to put his case in the hands of a good lawyei" 



KID: 
Like you? 



STRlJVa: 
Exactly. Thdn he could rest easy. 
_iPut8 bottle and glass back in cabinet) 

KID: 
Just as easy as if he vas asleep with a ten year old timber wulf. 









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STRUVE: 
(Indignantly; coming down 0. ) , 
I'd like you to know I'n an honest man. 



KID: 
(L aughing quietly; guying him) 
You mean you»d like me to think 80. You belong to the Heaply 
Club - you« re nearly honest. 



STRUVE: 
I tell you — 



KID: 

(Qha eking him) 
Don't peddls that old "con" - thejre's nothing the matter with 
me here — see? 

( Taps his forehead) 
I never had any accident to my head when I was a child. No, 
my name is Wisenbloom and I'ra there with bells. 

(Ho _t urns round and gtraddles chair leaning his airo s on the 

cliair back, '^e faces Struve amd stares hjm dow n) 
Struve — 

( Takes a puff or two and knocks ashes off cigarette; 

d^lib<5ratv?ly) 
I»Ei wise to you and your receiver JfcNamara and old Judge 
Stillman, and all the rest. I know your game. Oh, I'm 
pretty smart! I guess I know as much as a horse! 



STRUVE: 
Teh! You've heard this talk around town, but there's nothing 
to it. 

( KID stares at him with a knowing smile and a wink, and 

smokes si l ently ) _ 
There's nothing to it, I tell you, 

( Exasperated ; 
You can't name one Illegal thing that has been done. 

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KID: 
©ut that out, pal. It's none of my buelnass* M^ graft is 
gambling, and I*n always glad to 8®e another crook get ahead 
in his own line. 

« . (sits on table, swinging one free leg) 
I admire your work, ii»s axx neW Arid it goes great. 



struve: 
(still agitated) 
You»v0 got to quit talking like that. Just because the miners 
are against us, it doean*t mean that we're crooked. Look at it 
for yourself. The Midas was Jumped. I bring suit to enjoin 
Gleniater and Dextry from working the property, and the court 
grants my injunction, ejects th«Di from the premises, and 
appoints McHamara as receiver to work the claim. How isn't 
that logical? Isn't that legal? All this conspiracy talk is 
tomay rot. 



KID: 
(Iho has watched Struve v/lth sarcastic amusem ent) 
You certainly do get loose from your sp jecL easy, but take it 
from me, Struve, - you're a joke' You read your''line8" like a 
"legit", but they make me laugh. I know the man UcNamara hired 
to juoqp the Midas so he could bring the ease into court - and 
I know that he paid for the man's quit claim deed. 



STRUVE: 
I tell you, Kid — 



KIT): 
Nox, nix, Bo2 Don't hand me none of that old stuff. I'm 
there too strong. But let me put you wise to something for your 
own good, Struve. 

(Deliberately) 
Now, this Is down low, see? 'Way down low - as between two 
crooks. 



STRUVE: 
/Indignantly breaking in) 
I tell you I'm no crook. 



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KID: 
(Rising and oolntin^ big ftngftp at Struve) 
As you were — as you wer»! 

Just the same, if ^ou sajr eoiythine loose on the dresser it 
would be yours, eh? 

{>fimic8 motion of filching aomethiny) 
There's thr-a© things that don't want to get next to you for 
their own good, Struve — E'-'ld, whiskey, and - woiosnS 'specially 
wunoni i?*ell, let m© tell you - I know Qlenister and 1 know 
Bextry, and they're getting desperate. They've stood the Unit, 
and their friends are ready to back their play. If Joe Dextry 
goes gunning for you - well, it»s a hundred to one shot you'd 
win the Pearly aatas Handicap in a walk. 



struve: 
(Doggedly) 



I tell you I've done nothing to answer for. 



KID: 
(Moving round uy R .) 
All right*' A word 'to the wise will beat the bookiaakera. 
I want to write sone letters. Do you mind if I use your room? 



STRUVE: 
Go ahead. You'll find stationery on my desk. 



KID: 
Thanks. 

(GoeB into Struve' s private office up R.) 



STRUVE: 

(Worried) 
t wonder if the Broncho Kid's on. I've been afraid of that. 
The ga>:e is too bold. 

(Goes up; takes another drink) 
Well, damn it, it's worth the risk. 

(Bracing himself)^ 
Nobody can prove anything - unless they were to get on to the 
papers the Chester girl brought in. 

(Goes to safe)_ 
It makes ma nervous having; than around here. 



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. f "Shakin g them triumphantly at door up R^ ) 
You may suspect, but you don't know — 
JVOIC.K haand out.« ldft at T.. ) 
(STRUVE turns and looks toward outer door) 
Um! McTTamara and the Judge, 

(With th® entrance of McKrA^JtARA and the JUBGE, the temp o 
quickens^ and the scene f;oes more briskly) ~~^ 

(Enter up I. . throurii outer door^ JUrOE ?^TILI.MAN^ a. ^vAy- 
haired man^ sixty years old: weak and van mfltltig. aa ba TntflT»K 
he holds door open to l et AtEXATmR^ if^nr^vAWA p«^«. ^^^^ ^^a 
eiiOses it after h im) ~~^ 

(KeNABARA is a large, flm^ih ahatfan^ wggyacalyft man ahniit 

f orty. He is very cool, brave and masterful; dressed iq^ 
well fitting clothes, carefully groomed) 



JUt)GE: 
J^As he opens door and h oida it opan^ 
Public opinion is against us — it's btecomlng a menace — 



MoNAMARA: 

(Striding in) 
I don't care, wb are within the law. You know that, 

(As he crosses to table. R.n.. he sees STRUVE at safe; goes 

quickly to him, smtohes the Tjapers from his hands^ replaces 

th em in safe, and elosa a the aafa doon) 
What are you doing with those papers? Lock 'em up, and let 
•em alone. 



STRUVS: 
(Sullenly)^ 
I was just running them over to see if they were all right. 



MeNAHARA: 

( Sitting at R. of table; opening letters, and working with 

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You've been drinking. My heavens, manJ Won't you quit that? 



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STHUVE: 
( 7)efiantly; advancing to tablg and poundlns ^^ ^ith his fi 8 1 ) 
No, I won't. And I won't be preached to, either. Understand? 
-You run your business and I'll run mine* 

(McHAMARA turns around in chair, and glares at Stru v © ) 



judge: 
(Anxious to placate) 
Come, come, gentlemen -- 



McNAHARA: 
(Pisml.'sing it» turning to papers ag aiia) 
Oh, don't let's quarrel, Struve. Things are going too well 
for that. 



STRUVE: 
(Tumin r. down, facing : au<U.enoe)^ 
They might be better — the whole carip is against us. 



JUDGE: 
(swinging his eyeglasses; defensively. » Fe is standing near 
C. ^ uncertain ly)^ 
We're all right from a legal staixlpoint. 



McHAMARA: 
No doubt of it. 



JUDGE: 
The injunctions were issued properly and McNamara appointed 
receiver in due form. 



McNAMARA: 
Yes, and who was better fitted for the position than I — an 
old trusted friend of Judge Stlllman's, 

(With an easy laugh) 
Oh, they can't pick a flaw. The mines are working overy day 
and there's half a million in bullion at the bank — » in my 
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(Yielding a littl e) 
Oh, it»8 big — almost too bigJ 



JUT^GE: 
Of oourae It* 8 big, but Alec tfcHamara's the biggest man that 
ever came to Alaska* 



McNAMARA: 
And I»ve got the bigsest scheme that ever came North, backed 
by the biggest men in Washington. You ought to be satisfied. 



STRUVS: 
LoM* I •in satisffed. 

(He lights a cigar) 
But say, suppose anything went wrong with the Company — suppose 
the names and figures in those papers 

(Indicating safe ) 
leaked out. 



McWAMARA: 
No danger. I'd burn them at the first sign* 

STRUVE: 
Well, it 's dangero us — 



HeNAKARA: 

Dangerous? Bahl Where's the danger? We've got the law - 
or rather we are the law. Now let's get to work. 

(MoHAMARA rises with papers in hand, and comes down to d oor R. ) 



STRUVE: 
Have you heard from Bill Wheaton? Glenister's lawyer? 



McNAKARA: 
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Ho - awi l*ra not eifraid of interference from him or the 
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STRUVE: 
I don»t know about that. He»s a shrewd lawyer, and I get 
nervous er&T^y time a new ship comes into port. He's been gone 
thirty days - he»s about due. 



McNAMARA: 

That's another reason why you must keep those papers locked up. 

We're safe as long as we have them . 
JMeNAMARA exits Into privat e office.) 
^ JUDGE seats himself at Left of table wear ily) 
(BROlvrCHO KIT) coushs loudly in Struve's room) 



JUDGE: 
fRiairu r; nervously) 
Who's in there? 

(Pointing at door up R,) 



STRUVE: 
Don't be nervous. It's nobody but the Broncho Kid. He's 
writing some letters. 



jUDPrS: 
^Relieved^ and sitting agai n) 
Oh, he's all right. 



STRUVE: 
(Crossing slowly to sto ve ) 
Say, I've never thought to ask you how Miss Chester cam© to 
bring in those instructions. She took a long chance. 



JUDOS: 
We had nobody else to send. Your partner, Dunhsan, had to stay 
in San Francisco. Alec and I were delayed ejQd we couldn't 
entrust them to a stranger for fear he'd become curious and 
investigate. That would have meant — 

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STRUVE: 
fWlth back to stove; facing Judge) 
I seet Does she know what's In the dooumente? 



JUDGE: 
Decidedly not. Women and business don't Mix. I hope you 
haven't been tolling hen* anything. 



STRUVK: 
I'm not that sort of a damn fool. But how did you manage it? 



JUDOS: 
I told hep the documents must be served before I arrived or 
there v/ould be litigation - riot - bloodshed, -=• avorythlngi 



STRUVB: 
Well, you certainly frightened her nearly to death. ¥ou»d 
have thought all our lives fmd the safety of the ««iole country 
depended upon her. 



JUDGS: 

^ Rising f and coning: dowi;i R . ) 
Yes — I lied to her. My own niece* 

j^Bitterly) 
It seems I do nothing but lie nowadays. I don't like it. 



STRUVE: 
Nonsense* 



JUDGE: 
These last few weela have been too much for me. X get tired 
easily. This is a country for youns »»»• I*""! too old. Too 
oldJ 

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Alec - I'm going to lie down a bit* 






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McKAIfARA: 

(Without looklnF. up ) 
All right, Judge, 

(Exit JUT)OE, door R.) 



STRUVfi: 
(Gaging after Judge) 
The old man has lost his narv©. 



T'fcHA>aRA; 
Ves* I'm sorry I brought him. 



STRUVE: 
I*V9 "been warned again to watch Glenister and l>«xtry. 



McKAifARA! 
BahJ When we put them off the Midas six weeks ago, you said 
that young fellow was dancerous, but he obeyed ordsrs like a 
sheep. He was dead easy. I guess 2i2 won* t- trouble us» 



STRUYE: 
Well - he puazled me, I»ll admit. I know he's a fighter - 
besides — 

(Watches McHamara) 
he's in love with Helen Chester* 



McNAMARA : 
(<^tart5 and look up. 3tei»nly) 
You told me that once beforo. If I really thought so - I'd 

(The outer door opens. Enter TfflS, CHAMPIAIJ. in afternoon 
dress, and QOUKT du '^PARC, sucking a lemon) 



STRUVE: 
(On seeing them, makes a fac e) 
Excuse me« 

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exits Into his room, up R,) . 



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(We NAMARA rl80». motions dialr on oppogitg alda of tablo t o 
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opens caaament vlnriow. and sticks hia haad through. Than h e 
wanders over to the window) 



MR?;. cnASfPlAH: 
(? lvt.nF,irw: Into it at onegf and rattling. It off cociuettlahly ) 
I»m so glad to flral you in, Kr. McNamara. You know tha Rumming 
Bird Mine? Well - of courae I don't know much about law - I 
think lt»8 awful fovllsh, don't you? And all the words are 
backwards' But my husband told me how y ou got the Kidas, and 
I said to myself, "How nice If I could gat the Hurjnlng Bird - it 
would be such a surprise to Wr. ChampianS" You know he always 
•ays I»m not practical. But 1 am. So 1 sent our hired man out 
last night to jump the Rumming Bird, and now I want to know If 
you won* t be my receiver. 

Mc?TAKARA: 
( Sarcaatlcally) 
And your husband thinks you're not practical? 

IfRS. CHA).a»IAH: 
indeed he doas. Why, It's perfectlj- simple, isn't It? All 
you do Is to pick out the richest mine you sea, hire somebody 
to Jump it, then have the J'udge in - Injunct or Inject or 
something, the other people, and then you be the receiver and 
keep the gold, cf course you have injuncted all the best mines 
yourself, but I thought th-^* Ryrrmlng Bird was the next bast, and 
I'd like to have it. . 

(The effect of this 8C6ne with WR?. OHAWP IAIT ghPUT*^ >><» comic 
satire, almost a burlesque of McWamara's high-handed gaaa) 



VcMAMARA: 
Hold on - hold on# I think your husband failed to explain a 
few pcints. 



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Oh, pshawJ I didn't anticipate tha least trouble, we said you 
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MRS. CHAIPIAII: 
Of coum© - I know vorjr little about these things - Mr. 
Champian he knows a lot. 



McNAMARA: 
Madan - a littla knowledge is a dangerous thins - more is worse, 



• MRS. CH^PIAU: 
Then you can't do it? Not even if ^o\x took half the gold? 



McNAmara: 
Half? — I'm afraid not. 



MRS. CHAjrpiAi^: 

(Huffily) 
Oh, I see. Vou wouldn't act as receiver on m£ claim for half, 

when you could be your own receiver and get it all. 

( Rising) 
l»m afz^id I don't know much. 



McHAMARAs 

(Rising too. Klaboraiel.v) 
You wrong yourself. I have never heard the proposition put sore 
clearly, 

(WR5^. nHAl.T>IAW r l^pon at him) 

(McNAJIARA goes on with an eacplanalogy air) 
I refer, of course, to the mining oatter. Bcn't you agree, Countt 

GOUifT: 

( Turning suddenly from window. Sucking lemon) 
No I" Bet does not agreed i isste nxm ax ways* Seex time every 
hour I 'ave - what you call it - manicured my teeth — but there 
ees no r-r- relief. 

(Shudders; attacks lemon) 
Only thees' 

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Won't you stay, Mrs. champian? I am •xpecting Miss Chester any 
moment, and I am aura — 



MRS. CHAMP! AH: 

(Stiffening! 
Thank yow, I don»t wish to meet the young person. 

f Draws in her skirts ) 
One can't be too particular in a place like this. Come, Count, 



McNAMARA: 
Why — i I don't understand? 



■ MRS, CHAiaPIA?i: 
probably not, Mr. McHamara, but all the women in the camp do, 
and all the married men. We women must protect ourselves in a 
lawless land. I've taken pains to let th«a all know what I saw 
oh board the Santa Karla . It was scandalous . I wouldn't speak 
to her, nor to Roy Glenister either — and the Judge such a 
nice old man. Ah - it's a pity — 

(MiellAMARA is about to remonstrate when the outer door up L. 
A>i>ena and enter }fl^f...r.;i in atraat drags, im-^. CHAJ-'MATa sp^^r her, 
elevates her head proudly^ and sniffs virtuously) 
Oood day, Wr. McNamara, we must be going. Count — 

(cOyiTT rushes to door uu L. , holds it ope n for her, as she 
ignores Helen with disdain. SHS exits and COUNT after her) 



HELE7I3 

(Looking: after them ) 
Oh - I can't stand this. What does it mean? Last night at 
the dance the women cut me - they all seemed in league to ignore 
me like that - and when I demanded an explanation, they sneered 
at me as if I — 

(ffidea h er face in her hands ) ^ 
Oh, it dasea me - I don't understand. 



McWAJlARA: 

CAjipjecLachins her gfttLLl^) 
i'ra sorry, Helen. I know the ^ole story, 1 never thought 
you'd hear it though, or I'd have " 

(pauses and steps away toward R. ) 
I shall have to kill ttiat man some day. 



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H,ET,EN: 
What mem? 



Glenlster, of course* 



HELEN: 
( I ndignantly ) 

You»r9 wrong. He's a gentlaman. Why, - what could he have to 
do with It? 



Jf oNAKARA : 
( Leaning againat table R. Shrugs ) 
Evidently you are not familiar with the affair. Ths scandal 
couldn't ooiae fi^ja any other source. He boasts that you were - 
that you were his — well, his guest on the Santa imria - that 
he brought you here — 



HIJXJSN: 
Oh^ I don't believe it. I know Mr. Glenieter wouldn't talk of 
me. He* 8 an honest nan. 



J^cWAMARA: 
Of course, but an honest man's tongue will wag to a beautiful 
girl. My Lady Halo tte Is a Jealous trick. 



HJ2T.S^l: 
Malotte? tho Is she? 



McA!lAMARA; 
The handsoraest woman In the Tlorth and the most dangerous. I'm 
glad you don't know her. She is the creature vrtio boarded 
your ship at Unalaska to find Glenister, 



HEH'/ror: 

(Looking oiteouaJ Ly) 
I remember now. 

(Slowly as if doub ting It ^ 
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y«s, lt»» the talk of the camp, but of course such scandal 
wouldii't reach your qhvb, 

(5H£ alnka on chair by sto'v^) 

(H E cro-:3es to her^ 
See here, Helen, doesn»t this wretched affair show you that it 
is tirm to reconsider your decision? What is the use of waiting 
till we return to Washington? Why not marry me now -« here—? 

ffELEJT: 
Ho - no - not yet - You promised not to urge me — 

McKAJIAHA: 
But I must, ifarry me, and there'll b© no more gossip, I'll 
shield you -I can do it. ffelen - 

(lays his hand on h^r shoulder: SHE r»i««* *>y.rt Ar«r>c«.o^ fr-. f«M* 

R. HE follows her)_ 
can't you picture what your existence will be in this half bom 
mining camp, now that the decent women have turned against you? 
You can't explain. You can't run away. B« ray wife,, and I'll 
end it all, I rule this country and the people fear me, I 
play with than, and this powar is yOurs, The Judge is a weak 
old woman and can't help you — 



Oh, if I could only find my brother! 



McHAMARA: 
Helen - it's hopeless. You'll never find your brother, ret me - 

(Takes her hand and draws near to h er) 
let me be your protector, ' 



Don't think me ungrateful, Alec. I realise iwhat this lie means* 
I realise what misery will oome of it and that you could shield 
me, but I — 1 — 

(McHAKARA is ready to cloee ip) 
Oh, I don't know what to do. 



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Then lot me d© cid© for you, 

{t?« ia about tx> take h»r in his amg. ^gn 5TRUYB is hea rd 
whletllng up Rt , and he recovers himself) 

(STRUva enty-fs door up R. whistling ) 

STRUVS: 
( Coning down ). 
How d'Jre do, Miss Helen? Anything I can do for you? 

-JMcl^A^TARA Sl^rna at hXm, STHUVE ero°;Rea to Ghair at stove, 

McTMF^RA la still hear HgJLEM dowii R. ) 



HIStJ?N: 

(Answering Struve) 
No, thanks, I Just csme in to see if Uncle Arthur had found any 
trace yat of ray brother Brury, 

(STRUVS is slttlnp: with hia back to them) 



McNAMARA:, 
(In a low voioe^^ 
Will you be my ^Ife, Helen? 



hele:ji 

(fflth her hand on dour knob, P,R,) 
Please give me a little more time. I must think, 

JMeT^AlifARA tur j^ Sj takes his hat, and exits through outer door 

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(PETJgT ^ause* with her hand on the knob until he goes; then 

she takes a step to^?ard ?!truve; hesitatin/?: to spectk. ffnStlly 

blurting it ) 
Mr, Struve - I wonder if you would answer a question truthfully. 



STRUVS: 
(Turns quickly; rather surprise d) 
A lawyer's business consists of answering questions - truly! 



HEtKlT: 
I said ti*uthfully not truly , ^at, is this rumor of a gigantic 
plot to rob the miners? 



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STRUVE: 
(Loun glns ^P daalp, but facing her) 
Is thei»« a mmor? How intereatillg? 



HELEN: 
You know th«re Is. On© h«ars it ev9ry^A?her«. They - they even 
blarae us. 



RTRUVS: 
Oh, thatis itOit is worrying you. Don't you lose ani' sleep 
oyer it, Miss Helen. Leave the worrying to McNaaiara and me. 
(With an air of settling; it) 



HEE-EI:: 

(yore impassioned) 
But I can't, I won't be icnored, 

(Gom es closer to hin) 
They say we are agents'of a band of corrupt politicians in 
Washington who are Juc;slins the laws under goveriuaent shelter, 

(STRUVE indulges in ekeDtlcal laur htar) 
Oh, I Imow it's too ridiculous - how could I doubt n'j own blood 
and kin - and yet — the hint of it is averywhere# 

fAffain driven hy the horror of it) 
The women shun ice — why? The men look at me askance - ^vhy? 
The friends I made at first when I came here have fallen away - 
oh, why, i«iy? The very air reeks with strange rumors. What is 
the truth? 



STRUVE: 
(Blovyjng sinoko upward; slow ly ) 
Ttte truth is tiiat our air is uncornmonly pure. 



HELEK; 

( Indignantl y) 
Yuu^'re just like the others. You keep ns in short dresses. 
Why won' t you give rae the truth? 

(More gently and troubled) 
Please - you don't know how this makes me feel - give me the 
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STRIJVE: 

(E yln fr her with opan athairation; cynloally) 
Giv®, give, give' That* a the woraan'S cry. Give m© this, 
giva me that - selfish sex! Wliy don't you offer something in 
return? ifon ars traders, woaien usurers. You are curious, hence 
miserable! I can help you, therefore I must break my pronlses 
and risk ray honor on your caprice. Well — 

{ Risin g suddenly and putting chair noisily behind h im) 
T1iat»8 womanlike, and I've half a mind to do It - 

{ HEI,E![ makes a movement as if to encourage him) 
But not gratis! " 

( A pause f as they face each othe r) 
Wo; we'll trade. ^ 



HEISH: 
(Afi itated) / 

It's - it»s not curiosity, believe rae. I want the truth. Can't 
you see that I must know? 



STRUVS: 
(Taking, a step or two toward, her) _ 
You say it's not curiosity, ^atever it la, I'll place a bet 
that you'll never rest till you know the contents of those 
papers you brought Into me in advance of your uncle and MoNaaara* 
Heavens! ?3hen I think of it - yours was a trick to save the 
day that makes Paul Revere»s ride slow down to a standstill — 



_ (Breathlessly) 
What do you mear/? Tell me? 



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'(Terribly in earnest no w) 
See here. I've studied women, that's ijftiy ray hair is iihite, 
and live studied you till I know what you will and will not do, 
A woman might like a man — 

(closer , and gazing into her eyes) _ 
might even marry him, if ha fuolishly allowsd her, even though 
she knew him to b* a orook, but she never could, if she only 
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That aiay not be curiosity, but it»8 a blood ralation to It. 
Suppose I said those docuraants told the truth - Tshather your 
unci© and the rest of us ar© in the right, or whether w© 
deserve lynching. 



(Impetuously) 
X*d give my life to see thiejc. 



STRUVE: 
Well - you Diay see them. They're in that safe • 

Uiidlcates sajN^L 
Will you trade? 



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Yes - yes. Give then tu m©. 

JSTRIT/S malcen an thougVi t.o <iiiiKT*«!i»a y>ny») 



STRUVE: 
Then a kiss to bind the bargain — . to apply on account 



HELEN: 
JRetreatinf ^j^ 
No, no — hot that — not that? 
(STRUVE pauses craftily ) 



STRUVE: 
Suit yourself, but you'll diange your ciind. You Ml have to, 
(HS crosaea to stove at L. again) 

(Enter BRONCHO KID, door up R. ; sees Helen, starts^ star es 
at her, perturbed, pauses a xnon^^nt while STRUVE goes on) 
When you do , I»ll clve you the proof, if you pay the price - 
and I»ia no extortioner, Just a bargainer of some maan ability. 



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STRUVS: 
When they Inscribe my headstone I hope they can carve thereon 
with truth; "Here lies Wilton Struve. He got value rscsived." 
- ( Tha KID tip toes back into r.aogi_u p H,) 



Oh, I don't know why I've listened so long« 

(Gu^ ^ quiekl y to door D«R. ) 
You're a panther' 

(Exit D.R.) ^ 



5TRUVE: 

(Lighting fresh cigar) 
Graceful and elegant brute that - affectionate and full of 
play - but MiitYi sharp teeth and sharper claws* Also - when 
he leaps he brings do-yn his quarry, 

( Turns to the stove) 

(En ter uu R. . KIT), cautiously; s a&in p ?,TRUV!!: alone ^ ha Games dowi 
quickly and seizes him by the shoulder roughly) 



KIT): 
(A new note of quickened feeling; in his voice ) 
Who was that.? That girl? 



55TRUVE: 
Judge ??tiliBian»s niece. 



Her name? 



Helen Chester* 



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5!TRUVS: 
Why? Look goot to you, Kid? Well, saa© h«r«, so hancla off. S©«? 



KID: 
(sei»ing Struve flarcely ) 
You — 

( Then HS if In contgmpt)_ 
Bah' I»m a fool. 



?;thuve: 
(Rsttlno; up) 
feKy» K:id, what's tha matter? 



KITJ: 

(Goitxp; up I« ; turns at door, acowllnj^ )_ 
Don't you try it. See? 
. (Exit, banging outer door after him) 



?TRUVi<;: 
Gee' Broncho's got the worst eye in the oan^S Makes me creep 

when he throws it on e© with that muddy look. Ugh! Think 
I'll have a drink. 

(Exits door up R. . into hia room ) 

( Enter PSXTRY ancl SLAP JACK 51 TO t , hrou/;h outer door up L. 
?"l IT?. Is very tall, very thin, entirely bald, between fo r*ty 
and fifty years old, ye has onl.' one or two front tee th; 
jrary qui et and grins bashfully while women are aroun iST His 
clothes are e xtremely loose . all much too large for him. H e 
wears a pair of rubber hip boots several sizes too big . 
Both men observe thsir surc^ounuinga curiously on entering) 



T^fiXTRY: 
I reckon this is the joint, Slap Jack* 



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(Surveylnf; tha furniture) 
Threa ch^ora^ It takes a rich man to afford ••m. Thay»r» 
luxuries, same as brandied peaches an<a silk undershirts* 



Slums: 
(Sittln^^ by stove) ; 
This yere fuss is all Glenister's fault. If he'd 'a* put up a 
fight in the first place we'd »a» been workin* the Midas today 
•stead of 'loafin* arcun* a disrepptlablc dive like this un. 
l*r'. p'ticklar •bout where I*n seen* * 



DEXTRY: 
(Leanino: against table. H. ^ ^ 
He*s lost all of his sperriti <?eem8 .like he might have hung 
onto the mine when he had it, Instead of walkin* off as meek 
as a Chinaman. I don't believe in givin* up nothin' that you 
have in your rait, A bird in the hand is the noblest work of 
God, 

I wonder '.*aere the big snoke is. 
(Knocks on do or) 

(anter HIiTSN) 



hst,kn: 
Why it's ray friend. 



DEXTRY : 

(Hifrhly Pleased )__^ 
It ain't nobod-' else - ajj» this is «;lap Jack Simms, our foreman - 
leastways he was , when v/e had a nine. 

jFl'^i'^ removes his hat, wri/nfles with embarrassiaent)^ 
Now he ain't nothin* but a kind of human beln' . He ain't what 
you'd call elegant to the naked eye; however, he^s like consoiarae 
r- thin but qvoA, 

(?5lM?JrS grifaa. and shows his lagk of teeth) 



HELEN: 
I am gla^ to know you, Mr. Sinms. 

(SD^K?^ . grsatlv abashed , trlaa to apaak, but onl , ; ' movfca his lips) 
What was that you said? 
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lo udly, hlB voice syemiiifc; tu burst forth beyond eontro l) 
Glad to 8oe you * ' ' 



BEXTRY: . 
Whoa J Eaay over the rough spots. W«*r« both present in per»on, 
Slap. 

^Tu Helen ) 
]|or is he ^ahat you'd rightly tenrA garx-'ulous in tha presence of 
ladles. He ain't hous* broken, bein' raised outdoors that - 
away, and lacks — 

(Drawlln/y Itj 
ray polished ease of manner. When ha' s embarrassed his speech 
splinters up arid sticks In his throat crossways like fishbones - 

(CroHSinp; his fin/;ers to illustrate) 
80 he has to caugh it out* 



HET.EIT; 
(very much amused, but amiably) 
If you«r<5 Mr. t^ex try's friend I know I shall like you, 
('^.jj-nre'. (fj'ins and wrigglas) 



DEXTRY: 
( Sympathetically )^ 
Well, Mlsis, any clue to that lost brother o' yourn? 



HET/Sll: 
K'o , not a sign, 

( Turninr. half awa^^ ) 
He's crual to hide from me this way. If he only knew - I need 
him so much now. 



T)EXTRV: 
(Gallantly) 
You ain't in lirouble, Miss — ? 



HST.iS!l: 
(Lightly ) 
Oh, no - T^d how have you been i)«tting on? 



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1>BXTRY: 
F'lerce* I'r; broke. 



( S ympathe 1 1 ca ll y ) 
That's a shame. 



DEXTRY: 
No, Ifiss, it's a coincidence. All of us Is broke - Glenlstar, 
Slap Jack and little roe. We only eat once a day to save raoneyi 



Oh? 



FEXTRY: 
And we sleep in three quarter beds because they're cheap. 



HET.E1I: 
Three quarter beds? 



DEXTRV : 
Uh-huh* Three beds at a quarter a piece. 



HIITJKTT: 
OhI I»n su sorry. How does - Mr. Olenister feel? 



DEXTRY t 
I don't itnow how he feels , but he acts like a beast of bU2?den. 
Just stands around, chews his cud, and flaps his ears at the 
inaecks. tre used to be the wildest lad that ever drawed a crni, 
but now - now he wouldn't fight if a Scandaluvian stele his 
tobacco. When he gets tired expariraentln* with this new law 
game, I'll step in aji* do some business on a conmon sense basis. 



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OBXTRY: 
W® won't, I look on all lawyers with suspicion, even to old 
bald-fact, youp unci*, nxin* your pardon, an* gatiin* it, bein* 
a« I'm a friend an* hg ain^t no real relation of yours anyhow. 



(?mllin;y)_ 
I'n glad you're my friend. 

(Afi_l f it auddenlj' struck Yxer to ask) 
Tall me - Who is Cherry Malott*? 



T>KXTRY: 
Charr/*? Well, now you ask - yritiy - it's hard to say. she carae 
to Dawson, th» winter of '97 and in two days she ha4 the 
brotherly love of the camp turning back-hand springs and 
frothing at the mouth. Glenister saved her life once and sa; - 
well, she sort of - likes him for it. Mobody knows who or what 
shd is — 



(Inter ru pts earnestly) 
J[ know. She's all the money, forty ways fxH>n the ace. sh«*e 
the friend of every poor man from Dawson down the Yukon. I. 
know. She's grubstaked 'en whan th'sy was busted and nursed 
'em whan they was sick, ^he's fed half thy stow bums in catnp. 
fhy, she's fed a« lots of tines. She'd sell the shirt on her 
back to help -- 



DEXTRY: 
Steady, ^lap, Reraember that "its Chester and me are both 
present. Your talk ain't fit to eat. 



(^•till in great excitement) . 
:he's all to the good. I. know, I'd go to hell for her.' 

(Realiaes what he has said , and claps his hand to his mouth, 
and rapidly retreats up to window) 



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DEXTRY: 
T5on»t mind his cuss wurds, Mlsst In this country we figure 

that profr^na langwidg© is like atoan to a locomotive, requiring 
mare to run up hill than on the level, and Inaamuci-i aa there 
•ain't but a ^Pew men on the level, everybody sweara. 



SIMMS: 
(Fanelng out of winiuv)_ 
Yere 'e cornea. Yere'a the boy,. 



DtXTRY: 
( ?l.p:hin./'- with relief) 
A-ah' We're goin» to and our troublea today, Kisa. You'll 
see. I ain't follered the totterin* footatepa of the law none 
too clost, but I reckon when the boy takea a hand In the game, 
it'll be a ahow down to a finiah. And then we'll bear the piK)ud 
fl'iah of victory. 

(_gntgr QLEI.'ISTSR throuf^h ' ^^j^-9v dvor up L« He looka eager, 
■v ictory m his eyej^ 



GLSTTl'^TfiR: 
(;?e>iini^ PEXTRY firat v^o cr osaaa to h\rn) 
Hello, Dex, 



DEXTRY: 
veil, boy. Where's Wheaton? 



GLEia<3TER: 
Re' 11 be here in a few ninutaa. 

(?;eea Helen, and comes down eagerly to her at R ,0«) 

(DSXTRY Joins ^VtM^ up at windo w) ' " 

TGT.aa^TBR ia mora subdued, an d dian^ad In manner. I t la 
evident that hia lo ve for Helen haa chaatened and refined 
him) 



GTwi?Tl?:T£R: 
I'n mighty glad to aee you. I've come down from the hllla a 
dozen tinea on the diance of a glimpae of you or a woM. It 
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HELEN: 
(111 at »aga)^ 
Please — donH talk like that — I don't qare to hear It. 



GLSiasTER: 
(RabuffttdV^ 
thy will you wrap yourself up in your haughtiness? I've wrung 
my soul for ^at I did that night till there's nothing left 
but repentance. 



ket.eit: 
It isn't that - entirely* 1 have been thinking it over simoe 
I came iJorth, and I eee that it waan* t an uimatural thing for 
you to do, I don't mean that it was pardonable, for it wasn't, 
and I hate you when I think about it, but I — I'm sufficiently 
broad-minded not to blame you unreasonably - I mean that I ~ 
I tiiink I could like you in spite of it if — 



GT.BIIISTEH: 



^es — yes — ? 



HELETJ: 

Hut Oh, there is some thing about you that frightens me - 

some thine away back in you - hidden and fierce. 



GLSNl^TER: 
I've been tr. ing to harne>3s myself, but it's a hard job. If 
you'll be patient, I'll prove I can conquer ai^.d. oome to you 
with ay soul in leash. You'll see that beneath all this 
savagery I've taken on frcaa the frontier my love is true and 
gentle. T,et me try to b* \njcthy — 



HEI.Kil: 
Oh plei^se don't. You must not. Why will you insist? 



GLiarinTER; 
(Calmly) 
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HET-STl: 
(Hotlyl 
Th»n it is because you are a - a savas©* I was right. 

ai£ITI?5TER: 

(Sallingl 

I renembor soas one who went through perils on land and water 
and never gave up until she got vihat she wanted. 

( Tenderly) 
And she was no savage. 



That waa different. 

(Glad of the chance to cha^if?:s the subject) 
By the bye, did you hear ^/'i^t. nappsned to the good ship Ohio? 



GLSNISTSR: 
Wc ; I've bean too busy to inquire. 



HELEN: 
«?ho was a«nt to Egg Island with evepy on® on board. She has 
been quarantined there ever since and may not get away this 

sumrner. 



OtE;Tl?5T5I^: 
What a disappointment to the poor devils on board. 



kslet: 
5fsa, and -- 

(Generoualy) 
only for what' you did, I should be one of th«m. B«li«v9 me, I 
am grateful - and you s?^ved my life — 

( 'Softening) 



GLEMISTSR: 
I didnU do much. Th» fighting part Is «a«y, It»s not half so 
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HTJLEll: 
(A now light cL->w>aing In her ey«s) 
Then you — yuu took ray words — seriously? 



0LE>JI^TSR: 
So seriously that I wouldn't fight whan they put me off the 
widas although I knew I was right. 



hklett: 
(Eager. In spite of hors^l f) 
X'ou did that because I «aid — because I called you a savage? 



GI.iaiIST.SR: 
Because you awoke ray belief in womankind, pecause you showed 
me the sort of a man I was, and made me long to be worthy of 
you, R*cause you taught mo the meaning of love. I've found that 
it means sacrifice - and pain - soma times. You v.ere right - 
I've been a savage, but I'm living it down. Oh, girl, girl — 
(Ha seizes her hand in both of his. SHa is drawn irresisti bly 
to him, and locks up into his face as if under a spelj .) 
Don't you fciow how it is .4.th a man when he loves a good woman? 



HSLRTT: 
I know. I fa el the diarige in you, 

(suddenly recalling herself and withdrawi ng) 
No, no - not yet, I — I'll tell me uncle you are hjre. 

(Exits door !)»R,) 

(T)a;XTRy turna from window ^en door closes and comes do wn to 

Cilenlatsr, 0"^t^'il"TKR is looking rapturously aft»r Helen' s 

exit) 



GLKNI-'TER: 

(tVithout turning his 'ijas awa y) 

Dex, I am going to marry that girl# 



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OLMISTSR: 
j Whipping around on hlra ) 
What? 



I ain't blind. I kin put two ari' two together. 



(nccuvsrlnf^) 
You'll n9V9P put thosa Uw together. Why, lt»s nonsense. The 
man's a rascal. T wouldn't let hlni have her. B«8idea, It couldn't 
be. She'll! find him out. 

( Putting: his handg rou/^hly on "Dextrj/'s shoulders) ^ 
Dex, old boy, I lov^ her .so much that — "* 

(F e thrusts nnXTRy off, pl.i./full.y) 
Oh my feelings eLva too bif^ to talk about. 

( nft turns away from fiextry ) 
You can't understand. 



15EXTRY: 

(rtrlTily ) 

Um-iaJ 1 'spose not. 

(Rubbiiifc his chin sagely) 
Well, I'll allow that ITcKaiaara raay be a rascal; I'll put it in 
with you on that, but he's a handsome devil, and as for manners, 
he makes you louk like a loggar. 

(GLEWI^TaR turns and listens v>ith an agly frown gathering on 

his browa) 
He's a brave man too. • »yher'^ three <i»aalltie8 are trump cards and 
warranted to take most any queen In the human deck - red, white 
or yellow. 



■GLEIlSTiSR: 
(oignchin.? hie fists) 



If h-a dared* 



DEXTRY: 
(deliberately) 
Boy, I've been si sin' up this here situation keerfiill:, , and I've 
about made up my mind that you've met your match. It's like 
what that poetry man remarked with you and KcKamapa - 



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(Impr'^aaively l 

"Thoi'e** neither East nor W,'»t, 
Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, 

When twio strong men stand face to face, tho' they come 
from the ends of the earth." 
(QLENIF^TER and PEXTRY face ench Other -with level p;a»e fo r a 
moment, then 3I?''1IS breaks the spell^ by turning round from 
the window where he has been hanging out, watching) 



Whsre's your law sharp? Where's fheaton? 



GLEiasTER: 
(pro sing Paxtrv) 
He'll be here soon. 



/ere »e coraos - on the run - Like 'e was In answer to a 4-11 
fire alarm, 

( DEXTR Y goes up and Joins Simms ) 



GLETII-^TER: 
At last^ Onee mastei* of the Kldas and I'll show her I'm no 
savage. I will win her, 

(outer OA-ur up L, opens, and Vc'!AMARA enters briskly. TTe 
ocarcely glances at Glenister, but crQvS<ss straight t o 
table R« f removeg hla h-/tt . and t^kee ^. cJRar. 'Tot until he has 
lifThted it dowa T^* «.p*«ir. — a^ , 1 ,8 iie n ted at R iah X side nf tab l e) 



McNAMARA: 
(Bttusque and domineering ) 
WelD What do you want? 



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( \^\o has turned and now comes down) 
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GTEiaSTSR: 
(With quiet force) 
we want what»a coming to us, XlcWaanara, ajid we»ro h«r« to gdt 
it. Ws let you take possession of our mine beaause we had 
confidence in the law, but we got in wrong* wv xoade the best 
fight po?5sible, and when we were denied the right of appeal, 
we took the matter before the Federal Court in San Francisco. 
!Idw we're here to get our duei^. 



McUAMARAl 
(Irritably) 
Well, well! CoEie to the point J What's the answer? 

• (Enter WKEATON Quickly throuflih outer door up I. He is a 
bright young lawyer, aV/Out thic'ty-five years old. He ca rries 
law papers in hli: riand) 



GLETJISTSR: 
(Pointin;^ to hi m) 
Th«rs is the answer, Mr. William \?heaton - an honest lawyer! 
('^Iim;^ i3 standing, or sittln^-. back to window; T>S.XTm is 
seated by stove, face to C. ; KcllA^CARA seated at Righ t of 
tablg, and GLaasTER and WfEATOH standinc C.) 



f?HEATO!T: 

(Nods to ?i.f-img and Dextry ) 
Hello, boysi 

(•Returns GL£Ml5^T£R»r; smile and crosBes to table, facins; 

?/c3lamara) 
Mr, McIIamara, I've just filed certified copies of these documents 
with the clerk of the court, directing you to turn back the 
Hldas to its rightful owners, together -^th all the gold, and 
gold dust you have removed tharefrcm and have in your custody, 
I now make formal demand on you, in accordance with th^iae writs, 

to produce your books of account, your safe deposit keys, and 
approximately, five hundred thousand dollars in gold* 

('Te hands t^apsrs to Mc]vA,v^RA, who pockets them without eve n 

deif>ning to look at the m) 



WcNA?.?4RA: 
( Q uietly) 
WeiT, 1 «on»t do it, 

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Gu:?ilsTSR: 

You won* t — 
(swallows it) 



(Breaking In quickly ) 
lif you must . You can'^t help yourself* 



McTlAMARA: 

(Riaiat t t.>. his full helGht) ^ 
I can't h«lp myself, eh? You watch me. BonU think for a 
minute that I wont into^ this fight unarmed. 

(Coming ctovm to door R.) 
Writs of BuporsedeasI Bah! 

( ?na p8 fingers) 



WHSATOl^: 
we'll see whether you'll obey or not. 

(To Glenister) 
Where is the Judge? 



WcNAMARA: 
Ifever mind the Judge. I'll see him myself, 
(Exit quickly, door D.R.) 



DEXTR'/: 
(The first to find his speech) 
Well, \vhat d'ye think of that? 



WHEATOll; 
It's unheard of J Judge Stillman will have to obey the ordsjra of 
his Superior Court, "here's no way out of It. 

GLE11I?T£R; 

(TUs gorg:e rising ) « , ♦ 

That politician is up to another trick. But he's made a fool or 
me for the last time. We've fought hiai fair, and if he doesn't 
yield, by Heaven, there'll be niurder? 



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DEXTRY: 
("laps Glisnlster on back, heart ily) 
The: IIS th* first drjcent remarks you've mad© In a month* They're 
man's size, them words ars. They're growed up, and got hair on 
their chests. Boy 1'p. -with you. 



SI KM??: 

(TQUdl-/) 

T,ot's hop in an' clean up the \shole daion mess like v/e was 
killin' snakes. 

( ^ter MelT.AIMRA door D«R« followed b.y HEI.ETT. l^cW-AKARA cones 
out, but HELSIT stays at R« ^ looking, apprehensive) 



Haven't you gone yet? I told you it was no use* 



OL,i:Ta^TSH: 

(Ad vJincing on him, enraged) 
We've had enough of your crooked work, you infernal scoundrel* 
Give aeback the Midas, or 1*11 raake it man to man fight and 
down you like a dog. 



McWAI/ARA: 

(-inisterlvj_ 
Hal Threats at last, eh? 1 thour>ht that was your work. You 
don't know anything but fighting. 

(Loudly and domineering) 
But it don't go. You can' i, threaten rae . Understand? 

(Turns to Helen, mockingly) 
Behold your gallant knight of the six-shooter, your daring Dick 
Turpin who's afraid to meet me alone, but brave enough nKhen he 
sees me 'jvith a woman. 



'tENnTaR: 

- --- --.w ^^.^.^ any 

words down your throat. 



fT=*uriously) 

I don't hide *be hind any woman's skirts and I'll chok© those 
words down vour throat. 



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(cpossas to Glenister at t.«C, Talks to him apart, bea^echl ngly ) 
You told me you had conquered yourself, but yeu^re still the 
ea^e hot-blooded savage, can* t you be a man and let the law 
tako its course"' You must win If your causa is Justt 

(CTnorus of song "The Iiong Trail" is heard outside as i f bein g 
aung: by eorae passing minera on tha atrftftt _b<^lQw) 
(^Tc,]A,^^ ARA has rssumed wo rk at table, unheeding^ sa ve for an 
Qccaaional uneasy glance at H ftlan amci aiAnlftt<*T') 
_{?V^f.S. -nsXTRY and WH^aTON are waiting avid t^Tfei nijc in du nb 
show u p left )).) 

OT.i^JInTSFl: 
(gtrun.'^lin'" : with himself) 
Yoii den* fc understand how it is. He Insulted me. 



A2:d so you think to win by brawlinr and bullying? 



GLEiaSTER: 
(Stun/^. yet anriry) 
I hate the sight of his sneering eyes. 



(As the soma: is loudest; lavinp: her hand QjiJala_ajin) 

Listen - that's the song they sang on the F>atita Maria - the song 
we heard together - '^en - you reciaiober? 



GT,E?ri^TSR: 

fKasterinp: himsslf) 
ies - yes. You called me a savage that night, and I vowed I'd 
change. 

( A pause) 
1 will, Don't be afraid. It's all right now, girl. There'll be 
no trouble here. 

{V.7X,y2'\ smiles her thanks, and y Q<»« bank to R^) . ^ 

(Ac'dr s8ing the men up Rt). 
Jfen, this Is nu time for fightiixg. we'll abide by the law. 

( To Helen) _ 
Plenae bring in the Judge. 

(SH;?: Is about to /go into room r.^v. , v^e p ^ll^Z ffiomaa down 

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GLEI'IISTSR: 
None of that. I'll have no violence. 



(T)i3f!:usted) 
Well, of all the eightsan kinds of daian fools, you're the kindest. 
I could have got him easy • 

f'^tagrps UP anrrrilyj 

(aiSTH^TSH placoB the reyolver in hjg hip pocket) 



McHAMARA; 

(Goainp: down to Felen) 
You'd better retire. Allow ne, 

(Opens door t>.R. H?LK y i^vl tw. To otT^ayw 
1*11 brine i^i the .TuUge, 

(^xit D.R,f closin/r door after hin) 



DSXTRY: 
(Disgusted) 
When it coraes to soft talk, you are certainly the Custard Kid. 
You've flopped over again, eh? iShat have you got In your 
veins anyhow? It ain't blood. It's Florida water. 



GT.EITISTER: 
Don't worry about my blood. It's all right and you can mark a 
ticket on fh^^t., 

DE3CTRY: 
(T.uuking him over) 
Well, you seem to be far from a well woman, 

(?aces about anxiously; goes up stage as Olenist er talks) 
(SIMMS has rotired chopfallsn b.? window^ v7HEAT0?T is sitting 
at left of table, his head in his hand, his brows knit, his 
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I» sick of the fighting gam©, that's all. I'm going to 
•tick to the law. If only he knew iwhat these people were up to - 
If we h»d a diance to spy on them - we could probacy beat 
them at their own game, 

(Up stag e) 3EXTR'/: 

•Tain»s no use. 'ffe've had datectlvea at work but all they 
detected was the fact that we're broke - then they quit, 

JHs? pullft b aek po rtieres of cubby hole ) 
Thor© dcn«t seem to be no way of spyiae on this outfit. 
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I wonder what they keep here, 

(T urns and looks out; atarts as though an idea had at iruck him. 
" Motions to GLBja^TgR who haa been observing h Im J 
=?ay - what's the matter v;ith this? 

jT ndicatinp. by a backward shake of his head) 

GLSTII^TSRr 
(r ayg dinger oo JLi-p-;— n^ ^fi ^^ ^^"^^ raf^-f LLr mu i tiv e l -y) 

Sh-h-hl TTinpff 

iJl^eNAMARA find the JUCGK antar door D. R.-afl ha_does so. JU JUJi 
h as papers In hU hand. MclTAAtA.RA takes hig seat at. table ; 
the OTHERS group about JUDQ5 at R.C,) 



■ JUDGE: 
I have looked over these papers, l!r. Beaton, but I can't enforce 

th«n» 



WH;i:ATOiJ: 



Why not? 



juDor: 
I don't b-;li<3ve they are gaxrame. 



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7ot genuine* My heavens, man! They sro certified copies of 
orders from your superior court in san Pranciaoo S^^^"*^"^^*"®^^,, 
appeal you denied us, and taking the ease out of your hands, ifou 
can* t help yourself. , 

• juroa: 
It looks to me like a clevar ruao to get hold of the bullion 
and the mina, but it won't work. 



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• WHSATCK: 
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Do you hnve the effrontery to tell ne what? Hei«dmb«r I am a lawyer 

JUDGi: 

(Losirify his tanyer) 
You say these ai^ certified copies, but how do I know they are? 

( claps papers "with baok of heind) 
These signatures may be all false. You raay have signed tham 
yourself -- 

(^"cjarcely braakinf: in) 
What? Why - you old i^probate^ You accuse me of forgery, eh? 

{ ai.51II?TEH restrains him, hold inc his anas ) 
I'll rsake you answer for U-iat, l*ve fought you heretofore as a 
lawyer for his clients , but from now on it's a battle as Bian to 
man. I'll have you off the bench and behind the bars — and 
you too, Alec McNamara, Caar of Dakota. You introduced your 
x*ot ten politics into your own state and debauched the wiole 
TToc»thweat, but you can't do it here. This is a big, clean land, 
peopled by rough and. honest raen. we're poor fellows, thanks to 
your robberies, but we're not vowards and you shan't defile our 
country. We'll beat you and your gang, flfe'll r\xn you out of 
the North, we'll brand you across its length and breadth as 
thieves and jailbirds! 

(A ttumur of voices. is heard off, increasing; rapidly. pgXTRY 

and ?ing^ run uu to window and look out ) 



Looks like a riot! 



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SI?-M3: 



Hell to pay here! 

Cy^ter STRUVB door up R« . intoxicated) 



FTRUVE: 
(Cominr: down,) 
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buatle in, all amch e xeltad and HOiay. CHERRY MALOTTE and ' 
the COUITT du SPARC are with then, the COUNT with a lemon in hia 
hand) 



CROWD: 
(In an uproar) 
Where* 8 ]^cKamara? we want to know about the ICLdaa. Show me the 
robber. t©t»8 hear 3111 Wheaton. 
_ (J3HBRRY coEiaa to th^i fro nt and takes eciimand) 



CHERRY: 
Boys, boys' Don't all talk at once. 



(CROWt> falls ailent, aomewhat erabarraaaed , mumbltng_aonGng> 
theaselvea* lihey scatter out, aome coMng down left( 



McHAMARA: 
(On hia feet behind table Rrj 
Well , apeak up* 

(Enter HELS??. door t),R,i takes pos i tion beside JUDGE at R« ) 



HELSTI: 
(Alarmed) 
Oh,- what la the matter? 

CASSIAR CHARLEY 
YoM talk for us, Cherry. 



CROWD; 
Yea, go ahfadi» 



CHSRRV : 
These boys heard that Wheaton had won back the l^daa for 
Olenister aad^ Dextry, and they've come to find if it's tru&t 



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CHERRY : 

(y«arl»«8ly ) 
They're the ones you drove from their mines to Install that 
politician. 

• (indieatine MclTamara ) 

They're fellows who fought the oold and misery of the Avetics 
for an honest living till you came. They can't talk very well, 
and they want mo to speak for them, so 1*11 do it, because 
they're friends of mine, and I know how they fought and failed, 
fought and failed till they made their strikes, only to be robbed 
by a gang of crooks* You left them 'vithout money to go to law, 
so they have come to find out if Wheaton has succeeded with 
the Midas, If he has, it will give them courage to starve in 
the hills and suffer in the snows again till they can Icose 
your grip, 

(ITurmura of approval frora the MINERS ) 



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4;Toc^4nr. iy)_ 
Ho, hoS Starve »* the hills, an* suffer *n the sxxowJ What a 

band of heroes. 



CHERRY : 
(With spirit) ^ 
The y are heroes^ Any man ista hero who gives up comfort and 
love and home to blaze a trail in the wilderness. It takes a 
hero to go out into the silent places, facing famine and deatti 
in a land v^ere hardship is a heritage* 



PEYTOH JONES: 
(wear the front to companion) 
Are we that kind of fellowe, Butchy? 



HI? cojop/uaoK: 

ShoorJ Don't you hear vat she called us? HeroeaS 



STRirVE; 
Bahl You're nothin* but a gang of rowdies led by a dance hall 
fairy - a woman of the alleyes - c cornmon — 



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GLSNIfJTER: 
(Fl»roaly breakin g in; at j „('-») 
S ay,, that word and I 'Tl TcIXl"- y ou ! 

(^eoda forward with clench ed flats. CRO WP murHiurB Indignant ly. 
CHSRRY Bhrlnks "back humlllategT; COUOT diT^ARC step a up to 
her , lemon In hand, bo wa court eoualy) ' 

COUIIT: 
liadent^laelle - I beg of you not to be offend* with the dla- 
cour-r-tcay of thee* r-ruffian. K© shall of that Insult answer 
to me! 

^Suoka lemon furloualy, and takes hia place beside Charry 
gallantly) ~— • 



CROWD: 
( Sympa the tl ca lly ) 
Th«t»8 right, non't mind him. Cherry. H©»s drttnk. wronchy'a 
the ^oda all right. 



McIMMARA: 
_LR i8lnR again) 
Oentleown, you want to know If Wheaton has bluffed ne out, 
do you? Well} let hlin answer the queation himself* 

( McHAMARA oo a es down bsslde HELE3T: seema to ba upginfr her to 
withdraw; SHE refuaing l 



SHEA TOW: 

^A ddx^aslng the crowd ) 
He refuses to obey the writs I served, boya, 

( Cries of iMdlimation from crowd) 
I oan't coxq^el hlra beeauae he haa soldiers to fall baek o:. - 

(r^eflantly) i 

but I'm not through yet# 

(Voy« ffMfff)_ 

Cherry aaya ;you»re bjroke and can»t pueh your suits. That's all 

right, I'll take your oaaes for nothing, and If you'll help 

ma, I'll ns-ver sleep till we land this pack of cut*thro«ta In 
the pen, so ][ielp me OodS 



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( Eagerly in chorua) 
Hoorayl fhoopee! Bully for you, Bill. W«»r« with you, Wh««ton— 

WHS ATOM: 
• (QoliiiK u p to out or door L« through ci*owd who surge af ter him 



Coma on, boya; come over to my offic* — all of you — 

(Sxlt Slims with the othara. Aa the fi ROWD go*., oiit, t»a COUITT 
leaves CHERRY up I.C. and eroaaea to ?TRUVS at n ») 

CCUITT: 
_(Tirawlng himself up ) 
Sir-rl You 'avs insult a ver* beautiful lady , of whom I hava 
the honaira to be acquaint'. ?cr that you i^.all fight, 

STRUVE; 

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Roll your hoop, frog lege - min along ~ ta-ta! 

oouifT: 
You r-r-riffuse? Than you ara not a man at all. Kol You are a-a- 

(Geatlculatea wildly at a loaa for nnorda) 
You ajre nothing but a lawyer ? Thar a! Poufl 

(Twlata STRUVS'S noss. gTR ^YR ntart.lpt^ - ri^M^^ ■^'»'iy) — . 
My card, moneiaur. 

(rranda a leiaon froir^ pocket. Seas it; snatahas it, ana raplace a 

It with a card) 
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Xg.tAra a at Struva a moment; 5TRUV5 is too tipsy and atartlad to 

reaent the Count's charge) 

heleit: 
So that le cherry T'alotte. 

JLSlanoing Jaaloualy at Glenlster) 
I wonder If he lovaa her* ' 

JUDGE: 
Thia la no place for you, Helen. Run into my room. 1^11 be ^dth 
you in a minute* 

fgxit HgLEN dour T),R. ) . 

(MeHAKARA la Heated on table R. . swlnf-iiig leg ccftlly) 

?TcllA7TARA: 
(sharply. i»ten HSLEII exit a) 
Wall, gentlemen, you've taken enough of my time for one day. 
You'd better join your frienda. 






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(Btat«ir Struva. door up R«, wlilakey glass in hand. Look ii 
a-boQt Bsut iouglv. MttSmmA jg r^'.gdlns? the nmwBxmfjBT.) 



Warm th«y gorat? 



Yes, l>ruiik again, »h? 

(Lurching down R«) 
Hov? d* you find out m^ private •fairs? 



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Bahl Yott BftldB a feol «f your self just new, 

Ifatii ap a nd yaeaa back and forth. ) 
You^r® drinking to© hard of late. It's hard — ^vm for you. 



STRinri! 

( galla into ohair MaHAMARA hag piat -yaaatad.l 
7ga*r« wraag. •Tain't hard for im, It*» «a®yf 



HoKAKARA; 

Y©« can a«e, by what has just happened th^t thia fight i« 
growing dangeroua and that we'll need er^ry ane of our 
faoultlen, mental and physieal. 

(Stepping in front of ^truY®«) 
You're got t© >iuit drinking. Tou can't fight "boosae and keep 
in condition at the aaaie tine -— nohody can. 



*ITRUVl! 
Objection OTermled. I»a like the motion t© adjourn -*• 
I*m alwaye In order. 



ffolTAICAM: 

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STRUVS: 

(WnlgJB ff liard work of talkin^g and stuttering oyer long 

wrdg.) 
Your opinion —^ regarding tli« puBlllanimlty of our digniflod 
and lournsd oolloague on~th«i "beneh la not without o«rtaln 
foundation in fact, "but — your etateraent conoerning 
gjr oourage i» founded largely upon circumatantiftl eTld«nG«, 
OTJch of which is merely corroborative — and none of which 
ia oonolufliTe — hence, in it»» entirety .'iult« Insuffioitnt 
la law. 



MoHAXARA: 
7ou are <|uitters, hoth cf you. 



STHTVIJ! 
The JNidge ieaciuitter — sure thing — hub I'm all rlghl. . 
He ain't go* the haoktoone of an anelewora. He ain't half the 
man that his niece is. There's a girl for 3rou2 Say.' 

Wiiat'd we do without her, eh? 



(Pacing* ) 



MeHAMAHA: 



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t&jcmg in the soetre?^ [ ' 



STKJVE: 
Wasn't It funny how sh» worked that fool Olenl star? Jove, 
it took nerve to hrlng in your instructions all alone the 
way she did. Only for h«r, we*d never have won like this. 

( He chuckles tlpaily.) 
It mebsa n» laujrh to think of Olenister and his fcol partner 
stowing her awoy in their staterooiu while they slept between 
decks with the sheep, and h^r with the papersln her hcson all 
the tlaw. Then when we got good and resdy to jump the Midas, 
why, she up end talked the young fellow into coughing up 
without a fight - just hecauae he was foolish about her. 
That's what 1 call reolrvccating & man's affection. He - h« * 
he! Oh, she's a good , one! 

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%• looked goal to m« the first tiia« I saw her. On the level, 
Kaoi !•■ orajsy a"bou1: that girl — absolutely crazy - and 
I'll h8v« h-er too -- 

(Po unas table with his fist. KoKAXARA stops abrupt ly^ 

iBtarea Intently at Struv«.) ~ 
I»Te got ay plans laid, She oanH get away, by Heaven. 



MoNAJfARA: 
(Looking d^n^roua, but pool ,) 
So" — yott mean to marry our o lever young friend? 



3TRUV1: 
( Chuelcles.) 

Mafryi Ha, ha! That's a good one! Look at that hair - 
(Bows head forward.) 

It's gray - not r«d. Do I look like the laarrylng kind? 

Ho, sir. 
.(Liea back in chair, stretohl'^g Q'^t his legs, faoing 
McHa aa r a . ) ^ 

MSc, I*ve got her where sh«*ll have to come to me. I've 

made the proposition - 

(Waving his hcnd in a large wmy . ) 

She can't refuse. 

(voHAyARA, 'Without a word , leaps at hiiB, s si see hla by 
t he throat end foroea his neag and~~8Hoin:ders baefc-op en 
the t able so that ^ITRinnS*?? fae e la turned upward. THW 
alriigg le. Mf TNAMAR A places his knee against '?truve"*8 body 
holds hJM dov/n^ '^TRi.iVK'S hands floo, then he oolltpsaa . 
Mpy^ARA throws him out on the floor where he falls :iiinp.) 
( qiJ3TIf^ER*S head is alisost tiirough the window ia th » "- 
excite ment of watching the scene.) 

(ffigrJ AfeJLhA 3 it a, lights a cigar, If hen takes a glass of 
water ft* on the ta/hle an d"da iv& es ft"~over~^tTnive^T f ao e . 
^Tdtiv K stirs , groans, trlea to rise, feels of his ne ck , 
8tar<)s up at MoNamara In terror.) 



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MoITAKARA: 

Beeau8« I'm engaged t« marry that girl. Mow g-et out "before 

I hart you. 

( ygRtJVR ggta hl» hat, shamblca aorosg to L.. eni with a 

lopk Of hHtr^d at Megfiaaara, exits 'by outer (ioor up L.) 

(V>>«H door elog€>8.) 

That moans another •noay. I'll have to look after those 

papers - the daaned fooli 

( goes to safe, opens It, kneels before It and searehes 
among -^tlti contents. The sound of a hook falling Is hea rd 
np B« In eahhy hole. MoHAlCARA whirls and drcws hia"~gh n, 
listens an Instant then shakes his haad. ) " 

Hold on. Alec - you're growing nervous, and that won't do. 
(Instead of replaolng the weapon he naturally lays It on 

the hottom of tiae safe^ .lust inside the safe door ^ 

and resunes his searoh.) 

(GiLESl'&aWL eaergqs f r oa the ouhby hole, reaching out 

his hand "bllnily. He Is like a drunken aan as he cTosse s. 

aut-llke, icwn to n. v^lthout di sturhlng tfcgaaara . ) 



CLSNI3TKRS 
(After a pause; hoarsely.) 
ITH a lie! 

(goH>JCARA whirls, leaps to his feet, and Instlnotlyely 
slaras the eafo door as thour^h to guard the oontents^ 



MoKA^fARA; 
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OlJ3n?=5Tl?R: 
Say It's a lie, Keiramara. Tell ma you said It to close 
that knave's mouth. 

(Plteously. ) _ 
It's a lie - Isn't It? 



MoNAMARA: 

What is a lie? What are you tslklng about? 



I heard it ell — I was hid Ing — ther« - 

(Indicating cubby hcle.) 
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MoNAMAI^A: 

Spy.' 30 you overheard. Well, I hope you«re satisfied for 
your,palji«. No, it's not a li«. She'll be my wlf«. gja 
promised last Spring — In '^aahlngton. 

(Beipl^ ^t f jys t as thoygh B t r uck, tl^an,^ 
Fot that — not that. I mean — it woe a lie about tin other 
about the papers, She didn't knuw what oeeeage she carried* 
Tell me she'e innocent, as you belley« In woman's purity. 
Tell me she didn't know and I'll forglye Itie other. 1*11 
forgive yo» everj^hing. I'll go away. Ill give her to 
you, ani. the Mldaa too, but don't kill my faith in her 
man --for God's sake. 



McNAiARA: 
It is an triie. 



GLEJJISTER : 
»o, no. She can't be wrong. She's not like Uaeothers. 
Why, her smile makes you glad and good and warm, and her 
•yes are as Gl««r <»nd honest as a mountain pool — and -^ 

( As ffcW^MARA stands relentless and un^ vlyiff. ) 
Don't say she knew - all the time. 



TJicNi^MAnA: 
( llowl^^) 

She knew it all. The schema waa hers. And she will be 
ur9, KolTamara. 



(f?lowly drops his handa. atraiff htia ns his shoul ders . ) 
Cod! It oan't be true, I don't believe it. It's too 
iiorrible. You're a liartj The scheiae was yours, and y;!U 
made her do your dirty work* f5ay it — SRy it ^uick. 

(MoNAMARA stands u nf llnohhrif? and dumb ^ lotting the u p: t y 

-^aci-a-^iiak_^rL8 GLENIITtt^ beg xns to doubt, he stagge rs. 

.tJJLflLJ pmis himself together, and bursts into a f ien^ sh 
_Ii% of la Uf^ht er . ) • 

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BTa»*n orook«d like ths rest? Shs fooXod me wtHb. hsr prstty 
lnnoo«no«? 31s pley«d wttli ia», c^nd to ok thft Kldai) for her 
lover? 

(He jjegygrs hia e.yee for a Mc m ent with the ba olc of hl» 

hand . )\ '■ ~~~ 

Oh, Ood, no — not th«t, 

(Th en reaelutely dr ow lntf hlms«lf up. he facea it.) 
Well, she did It; you're got me vrber© you >*^ ntdd me, h'jrt 
!•« «h«i>lT«d from iajy i^romis«s — 1*11 "be a fool no longer. 

(Urawe his weapon.) 



KeN/HAKA: 

(Retre tinflf.) 
Hold on — yott can't do th'at -- I'm xinfirmed. 



OTJSirTTER: 
You lie again. Take off your coat. 

(MoHAIfARA oheya ,) 
Turn around. 

(MoNAf/JtA doea so; QUgJITTER lowers his weapon .) 
YOtt osn't escape me this way. Coiae here. I'll fl git yott 
fair. 

(MqNAI'IARA cornea to C, Gj;!:?TI'?r"ER goea to s?;fg. lay g 

hia axn on t oo gf 1%^ atrt'^scff hla oim coat . ) 



MoHAJfARA: 
What are ycu going to d©? 



I'm going to ohoke thoae lies down your throat. Can ytm 
fight? 



MoN;^J{ARA: 

(I tlffene .) 
I Wv4«» nerer he at en. 



GlEHIf5TEBi 
I'll break yott with my naked hmda, 

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■truggla »««iklng an adY«ntag<i. MoWAgfARA rer^«he» up and 
fXUHim OI»nlgt<»r*a faog with hi a rii^t hand. OJSri^'m 
rel99iH9m hl» holdaa dle^ pa be^k^ tr^%ti±aq hlmsalf.ttftHrAMAliA 

riMlijea t o aafe end r«>jch«8 for Qlenlster'a gun which 1» 

in plain siftht on toi of »af«« <TI73srl^TlR purauga him . )' 
f MoWJlf ATIA plaoea rij^hi^ h-iiid en (^n. He la f&clng the ao fa, 
1^1 « >if.riy ftgnir^ at it, Ha aL:^iI5TKR »«izea hla aliout % h.9 
wal>!t, ;rraaf>a MoH ffiarft'a riftht wrlat in hla ri^t hand, 
thu6 preaa int;; hla brofi nt to ltog?iraara*g 'b^o k. ) 
7r&itorJ 

( f:L>l-rX'??KP fail 8 hlr> I^^ft i'.-tfid up and v.ygr back g-f Mc^Ta^nar a's 
n eck, thua ^stjcuri ng th^ hferana grlcok hold, r ^- ' ' -^**5 

fv-roa;-^ MoHnjiLara * a rigat tma Ijaok, iovm i:>a8t hla sid e, 
u nd ftoroHg hia baok ci» In wrsatllng.) 

(At tha word "Tra itor** enter -'-PtlTiZN Qn>ijmillH^lxj;.r-n>-a. i 

(fo Judge . ) 

OhJ Stoj.) th«ra -« stoi' th«a! 

(Tho JlJiWi hanga Toaok, )iglila»». H1?LE?T rant to cp«n ««findow,) 
(fl&lliin ^ cut a Ida.) 

!tely — halp — qt^icki 

( Tlie n aha turna and watoiias wjt.h frl^t In har gyaa.) 
r^ound of approaohing fo i tata j^a. anJ «nt«r hurriadly"^ 

o uter door, uu L. ^TR rjVg ,"""" CH.l'^g^Y , T>grPRY, -.t.ap .TA£!.y_, , 

and ;>iKKRAL MIWER??. TTji- T at^nd at L. 0.^ a^h^.3t. Only 
STRWVK croaa«a to intsrfwra.) 



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("WRrnrB ruDhaa forward t arerda tha wr eaflara , but T>K XTRY 
atapa ^>at snd aa teaa Eli«y ana >^irl9i Hlm~aca3."tlw: , so that 
^7RUVE reels backwards, up R., aorusa ohalr, agal nat 
tabia.) 



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(In t be fo re ground a t 0. ) 
It's the hanttorlock -- lie^Il break la is arm, 

(QIJg^TT'^TER foroee MoKA>CARA*f^ F.rm upward, pauses, her-yyes 
h ie ahouldera a« thou -h in a final burating »tr<engtlx» 
ftftsWAIfARA ariea out loudly. Gun falls froa hi* graap. 
laa ainka for ard to hie knee«« then on hla faoe. GLElttCnT KR 
reels back, at agger ing at C, CHERRY runa forward, eui>port'» 
Ing h l a on left aide. He throws out his I'gft arm r-oroaa. 
he r brecat, h la hnnA {;r.-:g|) ^nj y htsr left ^shoulder. He _,_._ 
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Tao n h^a" rteh t i !tiae.) ;_ 



He«» killed him. 

■(-ghe_ runa to MoHTaTnara, knee la, lift a up hla he^d.) 



_( Hoar 8«lXj_as if to h^mae lf^) 
It 'a true — aha leres him. 

( ^RHyg iaaeen seated at R . flrloatiw g ovar t he dowtLfiaJl 
of hia rlral.) 



( ^aklni? hia fiat^ t hrentening ly. ) 
You've murdered him. You'll hang for thla, young man. 
{W-: joins Helen b y M oKa na ra • a a ide , ) 



fJTJGTITfT'??: 

(Fith a wennf «aile. )_ 
Oh, no — he* a a lire. But I beat the traitor. And I 
broke hlsa - 

(Breaks loose froa Oh«»rry and Dextry. and holds hia h ands 

out.) 
I broke hiza with xay naked hands. 



KKlim: 

(Rlaing: ragea at Qlenlater with loathing and reprewoh. ) 

(Point in/? h«r finger a t hln .J 
You did this « yoo monater -- nnd after all your fair words 
and promises. You swor« you would not fight again — you 
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(B««ld«_JiJiL»«3J*« ) 
She aays I tricked lier - I..* 

(Lauglhii ^tldly. ) 
OodJ It* 8 true — it* a tru« - 

( B» eatohea at Beytry*^ flihoulder with hla right hxmd to 
atiaady hliaself.) 
Wh«* did I tell yeti, Bex? They're »11 h^ — all 'bed? 



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jaCEBaffiL— -THa yorthera Pttno* Hull, Chrtntatta Ky. 

Alcng F. r' > ,: v).. ^ / ■: . rev > , , < .^ ^ 
a n.d ganar-..! L-.tfU ,:...rt^.V> """ ""T ■?.. 

% , door to oard rcoai. ^'^- ^ . ' ■" ' ' . -i 
w ith h-^avy wooden bar, ' ' f r 

stTlroa^^r'br^ql; L.. I'S '■■■.-" - . -^il^'ty 
divld«d Inta b 
front. Ch&irg 



ta iaa ar« Xocp*..- -. ^" ■-' box, 

«t K. n> alao witii lifeaTy -■■' '/'-. ■ ■' '^ •'. 
PTpeniiouXar on one or Y:-.- ' ] ' ^ -^' 
OBi t bo uBisd to Mr thg . —" . 

door^ ?.^-in^ Qp'^n yoa f!«t a ^^^J ■ ■'■:■ -*• tT^ 
s a locrt id. brilliantly 1 , and 

Mt gy and ■^■'O.ifKN fta^sing to and fr>... A faro 
»»-te l0 1» B , R,. with step l8 ne«r it. a 
high "lock-v-jt" o'nalr U b^hlrid t&hlo. 
'^"'hXff P^4 Cl?''^^ rg !">« L. agar cL^'or to cord 
fncin. Piano with front rgmovtid ut It« D. 
-gjLJ aed OB a platfona eightgen Inoheg froa 
thA-f 1 Q or. On front end of b»r a large 
nalr or gold analo g with "blowrs* f>r 
ft QQOPS for handling gold-duat. Both oard 
tp blaa gro pl«q»4 banoth l»rg<i ahadej" 
lii- hz^^ ■ ''■-^ i l ■^Q'"^ froa ociling. qaj -jgry, 
hf xt-:w^ and bar dgooratea witn fii* •<■ "'^n 
Ltt hunor of tlM Ohristmas 8«a»n. 



TJ nttorm tha eurtaln rlasa a «m«r« dimo« i » 
atarted to th» guaio of o n- o, o'- -r^ ' X 



^ i mr oalla tha figoraa lou.'r , '-','" »«-'—^r"i> 
,1a t>» aound of thuapin? ^' - — --— ■: ■ i[w- 



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thi MM in dJYeralfl^d winter oostmaga . 

" gSSTwSarTSTI^St'J^ bp_ty», some na'bbg?' ^hoe 
paaloi^ 60ia» "aiaklufea" oa tUQir reet. .' ^oaiB 
ara la gaudy Mackinaw olothaa, others In 
oaHV?>ji poet. a, aweaters, etc. A group 
c i^ .i::r- nrc drinicnip: ax taa f -r, x^negg 
w ear far ovcrcaats , **p?.rk3 * a* fur capa, 
w lftftwa^ ff t rt *P>i#r« are affYfir . a: ^ ^0LI^IB fc3-> 
a'b aiii;, in uniform aad governaent atvle, 

w ith I'uy a'YOis. ThB .fur oo ata^ wraua, ^ 

fttff^ ■r.f tlfia dP.noQrs hanfj? OM a row of . 
h ccT:tF. ■■.:>, T^. L. beaide the atalroaae. . 

The PIMIST ia witho ut coat or veat. and 

wfeax-a-a- Tery loud pattaraad ahlrt wltih 

w hite aollar, t h e b 1«<9T9 s rnT^rd up t . o i 
th« elbows T ahowinf; a red undershirt pro- 
t ruding baniath, Ha ia amoking » r9ry 
lor ■:■ i:sjr whicdi he malntaine ''■'':^ -' "■''""•r p 
y nple. He playa ev-grything i? 
gn d fraciuently swit^hea ia the ^ 

a tt-i^hraent of the piano. He wea. . 
greon r^^^ding ahade to prot'got hta ey ea. 

^I3 F^ and WOTOgy are aeen la the boxea 
drink ing aad l aughing. Vine bottlee pop 
la tbiw gr;].la ry. Thoae ia the b03:«s thro w 
f*>-^Trm d own at th« danoera^ The ourtaia a 
of 4lia ol<^aed box are pushed aside and a 
atBM q|nd woMga lean out end lock down en . ^ 
th e^orowd ftT a m"n:it9 or so, ■:'hmi uull 
the ourt-.;trKi oloss Vri-vln. 

_ ATg-RRWOlf, a barlY waiter with whit» apr on, 
r ed flannel shirt, aXeeYes rolled Ui , i® 

«r|;-,ir»» tv* ntfliroaae, akatea serosa floor 
to* the bar and la a haatler. His face la 
u nshaven, end ha la Yery toupth, TO^Y. tha . 
bartender, ia nuoh the saae type. 

CA'^rSIAR CHAfq^iry and OOmsn: to gPAFC are 
a aon^^^r"^-c3,':.:/^-';, -;t the b r. ThenxnTHEIB 
l a daaoi. - . ith PET^ -l! T^--,;' . ■- j^ng . 
t enderfovv r wearin<^ fa a ..^ a blue , 

Y on boaoa. Aa the d: n :, .da. door 

up L, Oj/cna, letting In a cloud of at^aat ^ 
an d snow aa though @ bliggaro, wae r iagm^ 
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Tli«t.»r VKYI-.0 MtTlXINS^ drasasd la a long 
Tinoriad r)arka Mtdg of otF bed tTcklng ,- 

Tl wt od.rrgs cf the heod ar^i o^ laBaed with far . 
0« hla tPQat h» wears moooaging and ggrmaigy* 
"gaok aT" rgvi ehlng ta the imoeg. H« remo vea^ 
"^lygltteng, puahea ta^lc hie park& hood,^ 
shcv.-ing B X'^jjjiafl'lanirRyk' <!^&P bfeiAifeatli; flt^S ips 
a3fta g"'^roa hie jr^et. aad erogaea tjo tjasl Tar, 
where he aiiakea hendo with CA5SIAR CHA RLEY, 
O aTTTr -niT nyftBC en d V ^TTTKRS. ^.la aceH rr ^ 
ordering drlnkay sad «.« thoy ftelah th» 
dr inka aerTea/ thf, di*«c8 "^reakfl upt enfl' 
the danqgrA^crowd to the .bar.. i 

P [KYTOH JOKE^ and the PaCHESS alt at t jhls 
L.. .^wnd ere lanaeaiatieiy joinpd by mkxito 

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drinka. Aa they alt ALgEyON la coming 
d own the etaira and TBg" UUUNT hCtla hia » 



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ALGERITON: 

See here, p»l, don't gimme none of that Prench dope. 
don't like It - eee? Me name la Algernon. 

CWjplaa tatle with apron.) . 
Wat* 11 yom have? 



DOGHESS: 
Yeu know mlnsj Algy* 



AL03RN0N! 
Sure. 



J0N2S! 
I'll have a fswisaesee. 



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CHARL15T: 
aire lae a golden fizz, 

Tom anft fnrry for m«. 

COTOT: 
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ALSKRHON: 
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Soe her© J Youse guys is In the wrong place. This Is a saloon. 
Youse want a hospital. 
(Skates across to "bar and oalla loudly * ) 
fire Iwcrs! ' 

(^hiin v,ia »nA the following ftcen^.fl are gpinff fttt. tin , 

m>sfi3y3 ^r» drinking &t the hv.r, A« e-?ch -^tm p^ys..._ *->ie 
■ttAT?'!^y!m>gR toBsas a neracntai?^ ■; ^-i^V- -<o '-^ -.^.r.-, .,1 — ^^A, 

wh ixih Tv. . ^n th-t oc'^ca of h»r Ar'-^.^, .. ;t® in her pocket 

o r Ir . 1 , :■?. 01^ MIFEH . "' -: :kia ^;o ld sack, 

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MUTXITTri: 
Boys, I drove fifty mile a since dsylight to he here for 
Christinas Eve. 



B'pectlng ft present, Mr. Mullins? 



Hear the kid.' ^2. g«ttln* e Christmas present! Holy smoke.' 

{Laufdis at tlie Ijea. ) ^ . 

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TSqt aft. The last Chriatmas gift I got was ab ^orty Mll« thft 
winter of •92. A halflareed give wa two "black eyes. I kept 
them ornaments all through the holidays. 



Well, Jonesy kaows the size of ajr stookia'. 

You wohH leave e wrinkle in It toaorrow, eh, Kid? 

( Before he can reply^ ^■XGTi^R'^T'^T'^ rf^t'.jrns with fire mug?; of 
" haar, which hs carriaa hy t'TU'itin.^ fingers R,na tJawib in 
e aoh muig fnm a'hcyg. HF. ssta them on the taMe with a 
th ump, flips tho foaa from h;^g fingers, wipea hand oa hi s 
ot her sl3eT8. leans carelessly against tabley, gazing fr ont , 
hiJTe-t crossed. He is wpjtiag for hia aoney.) 

(jLLL Arinkf except COmr m '^PAHC, who Is astonished at 
t hia aotlcn and regcrda his orlnk ouriously. ) 



(ft»pllirtf^ the drink>J 
'#*at ees this? I order Ismonad*. 

(AT/yn!RWOTy fftw ches forward, flecks particle of dust frqa 
the ccunt 'a shoaldor irltli his finger. The COrjET start's 
hack annovfld.) 



AIGimiffOlT: 
( IlQauralng his .f' rater posit ion , ) 
Who has the privilege of paying fer this? 
(with rialnp; inflection .) 



The treat's oa Trenchy, ainH it? 



AHJIERETOU: 
(Tiroatiantlv. ) 

Well, come in - come la with the cash. I'm workla* tonight. 
This aia't no (r. A.E, enoampmeat . 



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( laiioating hi a drink, indignantly.) 
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(AI/IEHNOy rgaoT^g stlgk p la from the Oomit's oravat, ftxam lnea 
i t aarwfttl It. l>ry.athea on It ^ polKfteg it on ta» aj.g«vg , 

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AI.OI3RBfOH S 
Qm! Aln»t that th« swell gig lamp.' Then dlaaionds le fit 
to handle with loeton^s. Two dollarsJ 



Men Bi#u! Two do liar! 



AlfiEIWCK: 
:lure! One lemonadift, one Tom and Jerry, one anidJy sl«lc« head, 
one 8Ha« as before o<rae ©gain, and a - 

(Mlmhllng thP word .) 
Iftjun-rnu -muph-maijh • Five nixed drinks. 

( OTHERS nrii luietly et%joylng thu fUn« ) 



C(WINT: 
I r-rlfuae - I will not pay. 



(Rapping the table under Qoutnt'a nos«.) 
GojsMs <mi See .se.' Are youae crippled? 

(G OinTT throws hlU gn ta'ble, which ALGKRNOy lifts, aalcee 

ohsiage r?;«pidly and starts asf ay.) 



crOfJT: 
(Lookin g? at the obange.) 
Btopi Z an ohe»^. 



ALdKRHOW: 
w'at'e that? 



CCXJBTs 
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try to goug« a poor workln' boy. 



Oiva him his four hits, Algy. You know yon ahort-ohangsd 
him. 



That's rlgl*-. I saw you do it. 



MiCJERMOH: 
Holy Mackinaw! I earned dat four hits ohewin* de reg. «?»at 
d'ye t»lnk I»m workin* for? M« haalt* was good h«for« I 
took da Job, Hsre's yrur money, 

(To 38 8 s PC in on ta^e, aad burrien out tarough swing do org 

B. Into /ygntllng hallw ' ' 



(:pioka up ocin .) 

Ha? I am no to^l* Ho more hens a* iaan*a glv® mm tbs flim-flam 
( Looking at coi n ahanaly; starts..) 

Counterf«it.* Ah - il am l)unfic,' 

'"^if^n "m^'* *^* iQuqfhter of tha OTFJIRfl. and runa up thj-cug h 
swing doors B, eftor Algernon^) 

(3iia ultaneou8ly tha door up fT is fluag open ^\°j_;^^y> ^ 
steg m and snow blow in, end wind howls. Ent^er DIOCTRY, , 
' olcthed in fur parka, ■' ^r cr.p, rginJaor 'ojct , -U'-^. '^IZf^JACK 
r^ x^i^rf^ follows^ drooay-d ;->•»■"■: i La riy with six Bskimo aogg^t H 
har ncsaT^nd In his h nd a dog whiPf (12 fas t long^ braidad 
laah, short : ndle.) They staap snow fromthair boots.) 



BKXTRY: 



(Louily.) 
Whaw.«~W6ir! 



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An* Slap, Howdy pali 

fQrmin at bar tu rn to look.) 



Somt'bod^ take tlwi»« aniBillas; I nssd a drink. 

( AT/l'.'U^Ol'T takos Aop-g t.ii.r'-ugrh 8wln/> doors ?. ) 



Wh«s«i *?ixty rall«>^ aince daylight with tho qulokallror froao 
all th« way. I guess that's ,^oin* auB«. Th« dog» aro doad. 
( giMym and 11BJTRY reagve their »lttena and oangy slappi ng 
thaia violently, thm pull off their parkas, shewing flan nel 
s Mrta and belta laenepth* Eaon wears a sheath knlfOt^ ) 
(% 9%reral oour.a'ja at the bgr^ o through awing doo'"- i "'>^ 
ALQI^a^ny returna and helps Toby, the b»rt«nA«r. ) 



BSXTRY: 

(?Trtiolrw^ Mttllii UL ) 
Bsllo, you ela tinhorn - gsttln* fat tm* playin* hcth ^nds 
ag'in thft center. 

( flapping Wuillns* atoia&ch with hia isltts.) 
«^h'it*s accentad your middle aviiable so atrong, Mexico? 

f arQ.inJn; to bar; OT^JR*^ fo.lovdng,). 
HuhJ Cone on, boys. Brouot up xo zn9 nano^any. I'm go in* 
to 3 iu«nder a lot of atney for booae*- ay first drink ainoa 
leavln* th« Artios. Vofw,' I want It so bad, 1*1 gargle it 
and bnuff it Uv my no8«. 

(AIL lin A up &lcng the bar.) 

(%Am'^' . and ALOKmoiT g^.t iriay aarYJag ttv Ariv .kfj at b&rU. 



Where do ycu all hall from? 



Straight fJrc« thJ new strike. Four hundred milsa in ten 
days oyer haayy trails. 



CHAPLPT: 
▼hat's the news? Is it a good oaop? 



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B«8t oaap I Hirer at ruck. You get two drinka for a dollar, 
an* th« bfirt«ndl«r gir«a vosu a hora« blanket to throw a 
comrulBion on,' Thagr omll it tflllor made whiskey. 



Tailor aade M^i^keyS Vhat*a that? 



Di3:7HY: 
A fit guaranteed with 9Y^ry drink, 
(OengTftl lattghtgr.)i 



Ain't there any food up there? 

TJK3CTRYJ 
Lota of Itt. arub oan be had for tlv asking. But they aak 
80 much for it that we oame awny. On the level, boys, I 
aln*t h^^d ft square maal slnoe X left Itisre. 
^(Turning about.) 
Le»d ne to a lunoh ooouiter and let vsy ffice bite it. 

( Enter SROWflO KID through awtw/y Ai^nrm^ -R,) 
Hello, Kid. 



KID: 
(fihfiklng h'andtt.) 
Gladto see you baok, Dex. 

(H KXTHY leaves the grouo and ooMga down R. G. wit h riT},) 



TJEXTTRY: 
(aerioualv.). 
What's new. Kid? I've been awny sixty doye. 



KID: 
Hot Buoh* MjcTTamara atlll holla th« Vldas. And he's got 
th« nllitary to baok him up »nd protect the gold. 



DKXTRY: 
Soldiars, ehJ That looks bad. How's the boy? 



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ai«aistt)r? I li«Tea*t ssea him for weeks. They say he* 8 
ap Ik ITcm hills eating his hsart out. 



ISETTRY: 
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Be*d he a dijrn<«d oight better occupied operatla* om that 
human yenalf ons appendix MoHaaara. Soaethln* onplebSc^nt is 
go in* to happea to that feller - I oan feel it just as plain . 



Thenlners have fori^d Vigilantes, Z hear, and want to hosT 
his vfhole cut fit. 



naCTRY: 
!•« with them. Bill Wheat on aln*t "baQlc yet? 



Ho, They ssy h«*a having trouble with the •^risoo courts. 
He c>/ta*t g€!t in till Spring now, unle^ss he ooaes overlaiil 
with a dog team. 



DETPRY: 
Rot this law talk.' Tha**s what sent a» up to the Arctlos, 
I oouldn*t stand to see these lawyers make a fool of Olen- 
ister 80 I tore -out like I*d been ^hot fflth e "bag of taoks. 



TOBTi 
(gaJJing.) 
All s«t, Bextry, 

ICHOim V7aits till T^TTRY jninfl thtaa at the T->ar. H« jfl fl 

fr^nt.) 



DEXTIiY: 
(Raising his fdass aloft.) 

Bere** heclth to honest men - 

(H e stops aa he sees MoHAKARA and "?rRUVE enter door up L. 
ia fur overc^--at8, etc. Tyj'T t/ row vX'8n~fii.eir fur coats, 
and S'Sat fiemselvee yt tibls L, CR^WD has turned v>'lth 
dr inks in their hands , muraurin g at sight of theai, ) 

- and d'XBUiatlcn to lawyers. 

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I say - danBAtiOB to l»wy«rs. 

( AIX drink. p;laring at Btruve and lfogaiB»ra» ) 



{Call lag.) 
Waitar - Bring us a drink - wlalsksy. 

ItT.ammo ^ oroatsea to tliam with laottle «d t^o gl aases. 

whl la tho OROITP eyaa t}vem mui^urlng. ) 

CP ffltfRY strides aftgr »• iter, -ini anatcht^s "thg Taottlo and 

t hrows it aoresff this roca •^owarJJs ths "bar, MclTAMAM 

an d TTRLTV?; rjjse. and th« thr ge confront and gl are at eeph 

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DKXTRY; 
I'm >>u3rln» what, "booz® Is h«in' bought Iji this plaoa, and I 
don^t r«coll0ct a skin* you to join ma. 



This is a puhllo plaoe. 



ISEXTHY: 
Wall, T»a nxnnin* It prlvat« tonight, S«e? And yo« oan't 
drltik h«re till I go. 



MoHAT.fARA: 
( ? akln£jJ?tri£yo^«_ara^ 
Don't let Ta*-^<n t^iok a flghit. We'll go Into the card rcom. 

(To Dcxtr . 
Hare your way, old smn, I don't oare to drink la your ooapany. 
I'm particular aiysclf. 
( Exit Ko^AKABA and '^TRIT/E do r datrn L. MSXTRY strida a 
after thsm raallgnnntly,) 



"DiEXTRY: 
(Aa th«3y go.) 
I'd ?>« 80! n i«w«g.l.«r thtit retnark as a 8to«aa«h pumi). Sut n«T«r 
Hind - our day la craaln' ral ^hty fast, MoHaaara. 



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(yho has erossed to him.) 
Say - that r«Blnda am» Yo<a*re back juist la tlaw. T^er«*s a 
n meting of t bn: Stranglers at midnight, H^Xl to pay*' Ar« 
jrua with US? 



ttEXTRY: 
Sure! What* a v^.? 



( Lookin.q: aTaojUt Qymtioualy; the OTHERS having turned to 

the— biie_ag &in, dri n kim? and talking.^ 
Things hsT« got trorse an* woraa e incft yen went away, andl the 
hoys are g*?ttin* desperate . Tliere do«*t aeea to be no hope 
frcBi Bill Wbeaton and the 'Ifriaco oourte, eo n9*r9 goin* 
to olean out thie hull JL«wyer crowd. Olcniatar'e tv) lead 
the El. Hell to vHyi 

fwinka^ motidna aa though plaolng a loop about hit ^ 

ne ok. Jorlcg h^a heiid at dpi r through T^hlch MoMaaara and 

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Thet'a the beat ne^s I've }mard slnoa Z oaiae Vorth last 
Spring, The oamp 1« cuttin* its wieicm teeth at last. 

(Galla. ) 
31ap, cotae here, 

(^ ^I'TfTH oroiaea to thew.)* 
i>o yoi» believe In Lynch lua^ 



It 'a the king of outdoor sport a. 



Can you pull on a rope? 



DapaaAa on who« whera and what is att^^ohed tharto. 



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(}entlar?!«rn, w« are wastiu* ttia*. iKiad m« to It. 



CHARIJEY: 
■faiiljffng him.) 
f51il Rtneuiber, mm*9 th« wordl TJisy^fa got spiesout. 



BEXTRY: 

I am ton^sue tied by Kature , and as for thi« article on my 

right - 

(Inlloat lag SiaiBiB.)^ 

ho 'a th« hum»n hunting oas® watch. He n«T«r opens hl« f«o« 

oalosa ho la prossed. Coois on. 

( tUT g;thor ttp their be longings, and th« THKEI2 go cut 
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nE3ffRY: 
So long, boys. Soe you lat«r. 

fgROffP «t "bar »ho<it .varioua adieux. ) 



^/^^^, -,yi/i t^ ,;,,.- ,. . - ^ired t^rouf^h awing ^^j aiid 

.1o .tn<-.d the gr-o>xo i*v b>i'. ■^■ne three exit, tlra •-' -^-J^ 

hegjns to tfilk lo.uJlv to I -: .-:roup at b&r.i 

X<Snecrln.o;.) ^ ^ ^. 

Oh, ycu dcn't think r,o, ionH you? Miss Helen Chester Indeod! 

i Tviv. m^ atartb. St 018 shuffling cur ds and listens.) 
W« n^ t.fita. It from me - sjie ain' t rtfl b^t t .fl f IhLn i i> ?-^ r«rti» 
cf a» girls - I gusea nhe*» out for th« coin, tc; . 

(DrUfika.) 

COUNT: 
(Protesting g«ll£intly .) 
He^s Chester 1i;, « lady^ meiejAoia«ilo, and ll««st«lre McHawara 
will jaarry her. 



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The whola town is ob to ber. 



COUM': 

I Buy mo - no, Mees Malotte t«ll mm that Meeattlr* MoHanara 
wtil Murry hsr - 



(LftUKhlBg wookingly. ^ 
You just watch hiia, Prenchjr! Cberry's "been atrlngin* you. 



OOt/HT: 
(gsAUi mlating wildly .) 

I will not listen. Theea eet no plaoc to dlaousft a lady»i 
reputation. 



MULLIHS: 
im, git out, Frenchy. I guess >ier repltation ain't ao apotlesa 
ItttbiH I eome up oa th« Santa Maria last spring with th«ra? 
»ldn*t I see ti»» with ay own eyas? I know. Siie oalla herself 
the J-udge's nleoe, hut Roy Glenieter brought her Into tl»; 
country. AinH that so? 



ri7i?Arp:T{AL girls : 
Sure.' 

BidnH you know that? 

(KII> throws cards in his hands on faro tshlm^^^j f^ ea . ) 

COUNT I 
You insult - 



KID: 
^ Aj^ proaohing fcroup. and cutting in rcu«^hly. ) 
Who»8 talking about Miss Chester? 

( GB-COP tur na. MEXICO MUJJ.INB lo o ks at Kid sourly.) 



(Defiantly.) 
I Am - if you want to know. I aey she •a nothing. She 
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(fsrks out his tmn auddenl y. ooYer lag iftillina, wiiii faliii 
bao k^aFtB ln»t the T?ar. wotrif ghrlek an! ALL Boatter. 



o f.hla iJano aiad -^inie versa to crn?rl into tt ha d 

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Xt*9 true, Kid. Hoacst to God.' I saar it. 



(yieroely. ) 

Shut up, damn youS Tcu can't tftlk about that girl in lay 
j»lttce. I »ciy 8h«*s all right, ^e is a lady. 



What*» the mattfjr with you, Kid? 3h9 ain't no "better than 
us - Ask Glenist«r - JN-erybody knows th« story. 



It*a a llei 

(To IftillJna : t> reateningly. ) 
How get out of h««re - quidc. 



1SJTXIN?J: 
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KID: 

(Yanking hia hy ths n<>ok.) 
Ost out, do you he»r, riulo"k, 

(tJUTXINg takes wraps at L« and goes to door L.) 
And doa't ycu oona hvck, ualsaa you wsnt to "be talran out 
feet flr*=»t, 

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(Turning to tte otle-rs.). 

If anyToody aeatlcns tliat girl*8 naae again, they'll settle 

with 190 » 

(CjRDWD nazraurs en^rlly. ) 
(Cllin^ tc Algerricn/ ) 

Get "busy there. Call 2 clanoe, Wloaf's tbi matter hers? 

You're dead "both ways from the waist. 

f-RAPTTCT,mTCR'rs head a-pp'^rs cautioualy al^ore the bar. Th e 
PTAWi:lT orawle down, takes his sp.s.t , hia cigar s^iil la 
hli lacuth) sad ^)^^gln3 to pcurtd out a ws-.lt zTT 



■ ffftart.^ u p gta.?3. calling loudly.) 
Ceme on, "boys.' All out for a waltzi Grsi'b a girl] Gra"b 
a girl. • A long slow dresiiy ealtz. Or ah a girli 
( "Hhritg ti-irrm<TTi swing doorSy R« , 8till shouting.) 
( Nobody seems to car€ ahcu-J: d --nc;lng a fter the iCid'a sce ne, 
a ttd"tho st&p:& olears p:r: auaixy as tise' crowa on tne jldor 
and tJaa r!0(TPT.7.1 i« the bn -r^a ncme (1mr« fe-!r«i».t>t the nldllila^ 
behind the closed curtains) and A "t her exit thouc'-h s^i ng 
^nors -^'.. ^ cr th.-;u r h door up T.. The PIATTI^T dro oa intr^ a 
quiet rlirr-lin,- ncvc/aant on the piano, so that the dialog ue 
may , be heord cle-^rl:'--',^ ) 

( The K^ID aits at faro tohle, mccdlly, resting his head 
lis h?md. 



(Tc Count.) 

I didnH tieSn eny hf,nn, Frenchy. Juwt tc show tbere*» 
no hard feelings, let's spin a few. 



OOUHT: 
(Haughtily.) 
Thank you, Madetaoiselle, but I do not dance. 



(Shrugging.) 
Oh, re 11; 

(^"HS tosi^es her bead and p;Qer, up to Jonas at bar.) 
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KID: 
(Seei ng him.) 
ShaJfe , Frenchy. You xoay look like a coay corner but 



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you kaow «, lady wis m you see h«r> Tlner©** no limit to your 
credit im this shack day or night. Stick a toothpick im 
the push-huttoii so it will ring all the tina « it "sup to 
you. The house is yours. 



COONT: 

_( Ext ra ve ga n t l y., ) 
I H honor, 3ir-r-r.' I an delight,' 

( Bows gallantly, goes tip and exit » through swing doers B. ) 

(SKVi'^KAL M3¥BRS at \>sr oone down to KID at faro table and 
Ibeglw t o Play with him,} 



Say, rTonesy, what are you doin* with the «ap of the Chicago 
River on your chest , 

(Ih3 letting 3ertter Y on swe^teri 



(Innocently.) 

Why, that's Y. 



What's why? 



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JONET: 
Hot "why" -Y- Ystand3 for Iftiiverstty, you laiow. 



IXICHE=53: 

( Isughiflg at him, and linking her ara in his,) 
I thought it H^ent "Yaps", 

( Croing up T:7ith hira. ) 
Cone on out of here. It's too noisy for ae. 

( He I'^ughs with her, qnd they exit t>^rpugTi wwlna doors, 

( As thev exit, McHAJ^ARA and ^TRIIVE egtflr fvm dOUfc down 
I. BTRHVE throws hlinself down wearily in '•^hair at t:^ble 
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STRIIVE: 

(Doggedly, ) 
I've got to have a drink, so you needn't prflftch, Mac. 

(To Waltwr. ) 
Here • gxre iit some whiskey. 



AlO3mT30N: 
( Tfl-JtoT^amara.) 
Yours? 



MoNAVAPAj 
(Curtly. ) 
No thin;.; for ns. 

(ALGERWOH goe» to "bar and eomea Iwolc «rith whiekey, ) 



«?TKJVE: 
Hon«3t, Mac, I*Te got to steady my nervea a "bit for this 
nlffht's work. 



McNAKARA: 

Be Cfirfsful. 

( THE KID has been rubbering i« MoNamara*» direction. ) 



STRinrE; 
The devil is la the young fellcw lately. We"*!! have trouble 
arresting hlca. 
(Brinks.) 



MoNAMARA: 
])cn*t toe alamed. The deputies will shoot if he put sup a 
firht. 



5?rRirv"5S: 
We 11, they* 11 shoot all rlf^t. He*8 been a different maM 
Binoe the day he broke your ^m. 



MeNAMARA: 
(yith one foot on chair; flashi ng . ) 
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troulal*. He has fought us at ev«ry tura. We«v« got to 
put hla away. 



( TMnninst o ircr taVile to yaWaiafcra J 
I tell ycu there"a »o Jail 1» c&wji »trong eaough to hold 
him. There alnera idolixe him - t ■ey'd rlae la a body - 
You wouldnH lletea to ae at f irst. 



McNAMABA: 

B»h.' Let them try. 1*11 hold hin once I ^et him. J*re got 
the soldiers to fall "baok on now. 

(Straightening. ) 
If cniy he would r«8iat.' You understand? 



(goddlnp; affirmatively .) 
Your 5c>iBi3e*» all right! Once you br«sk thowe Vigilantes 
aad coller Glen iet^nr the rent ie e««y. But you've got to 
get them fir ^t. 



McNAWJ'.A: 

(Iittpc^tlently.) 
Oh, we'U get them. The warrants are cut, the deputi«8 are 
waiting. When 1 say the word the net will cloie oa them, 
and by daylight there won H he a Vigilante at large. 

(Looks at hla watoh .) 
Coiae - it's getting late, 

f^ ypHinrK rlsa^ and goiua B. to awing doors, and exitB f I rat.) 

The KID rise a fciraulteneoualy. ) 



KID: 

(To miners relaying v»i'tfa him at fnro tab le . ) 
Thi* .game is clcs«d for the present. 

( To McHAKARA about to follow 3truve .) 
Mr, TSfcKamara. 



MOKAMAPA: 
( Turning. ) 
Well? 

(KIT* and ^^nv.mA^A meet at C.) 



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KID J 
I h»ar yow «re going to M»rry Kiss Cheater - th« Judg« "=3 nleoe. 



McHAMARA: 
(Gurtlv.) 
Well? \ 



KID: 
Is It true? I want to know. 



McNAItARA: 
I doa*t aee that it is any 'business of youra. 



KIT): 
Ho, I di.'n*t suppose you do. But I'm going to make it wyt 
T3Usin«5s, Look here - 

(^flMn>TA j.:ARA Bhowa impotlence . ) 
!•« your friend aixl hers all right. I 'a going to trust you 
with a s«or©t, Mr» McFBrnara, because I know you're sq.uare with 
aiy - sister. 



You? You are her brother? 



KID: 
Yea, I'm Brury Chester, but aobody up here knows ae "by that 
naae. 

(Aa WcWAJIARA looks at hiri . f royrningly.)^ 
Oh, you needn't look so vli8:^Misted.' I know vifosit I ara, and I 
don't wart her to know any nore than you do that her brother 
la the Bronco Kid — s gambler, and the owner of a gambling 
aalooB — thatt'a why I know aay secret's s^^fe with you. 



MoHAT'TAJRA: 
Well, what do you want of aw? 



KID: 
I want you to protect \v9r , I want her to be happy. Take 
her away from here. What evil chance ever brought her to 
this land? I won't stand to hear her talked &bout — to see 
her naae dragged in the dirt -- my little sister — 



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VeVAIIAHA: 



(¥ore latereated.) 
So - you*Te heard the story? 



What itory? D© you laean - Oleiiister? My Goa: It ian't 
tnae - tsiy It iaaH true. 



IfeNAM/PA: 
She 1» your sd aitor, and 8h© will be ay wife. How could 
you belicre it? 



KID: 
(Jcyoualy.) 
Then - it's « liel I knew It.' I knew it couldn't be true, 
(i ^hakeg MeKaiaara*« hsad with fervour^ ) 



McKAHARA: 

Yes, (mA 1*11 choke the lie down that man's throat some day. 



KID: 
(Arreatad.) 
Who? What laan? 



MelTAMAHA: 

fnlth deTiIt«rKit e Inslmxs ti or . V. 
The "j « who has caused all this trouble wilH th« ainere, and 
fought me at orery turn. Why? Don't yo* see? 

(With slm.ilate d In Ji.?na t ion aiad aip^r^if in^iyins^ 
The brute is in love with your sister and he knows I love 
ber and will iriake her my wife -- he will stop at nothing to 
ruin ae end drag me and drsg b«r down to his level if he 
can. Now , do you see? 



KIDJ 

(Jleroelv, under his bre?:^thf clenching his fists.) 
OlenisterJ 

( At that aciaent, the swing do or sat B. burst open renk l e s s- 
ly. ?jnd OLMISTER enters. He is dishevellgd and despera te 
l ooking. 'He~t ake8 a rEride down L., sees MoWaaara an(jP ^ 



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h»lts, glares at hla ri ad Ut irely. The TWO stand th u> tpr 
a f'--:Hf i-^e'joitis. and the group at "bar tura and watohtb® 
ttt ibleau. Then NoMiWARA turns aad laughs know lag - ly to 
tti e Kifi, and exltn uuickly through swing dcore.) . 

(aTENI^^TT^R go gs dnwa to ta^blg L. and throws hlaself hssTlly 

ImtL a ohalFrr' 1 

(T i vi it. vTTi ^ y-jurtisi at aianiater, orcasga BinA atanda at B., 

of Mm. fiwaying as tliough drunk with rage. He slljja hi a 

r •igV't. v^i^n d Into his ooftt pocket In vfhtch he hoa a r^To lver , ) 



KID: 
(Wo aranly . ) 
Turn around.' 

(a <7BW-I'?T?:R slowly turns and IcoTcs st him In vroaAer. ) 



BlElUrJTKR: 
What's the astter, Bronco? What do jrou want? 



KH); 

Th;/t»s a n«}ll of a question. I want you, of course, snd !•▼? 
got you, 

( lifts up revolver in hia pock^et os— thoug h '^-h-out- ta_ilir « . 

T he revclvt;r ia not drtvui iVem the pocket, and the taction 

Is ali.-:;bt. "but plain. ) 



Hold up! I an uacrmed. Honsst! What's back of this? 
fI nilieat«sB with a p;; sture of restraint and hand thrown^ 
t oward Kid's - cc'>.!at thf>t he Icnows what he la a'bo u t . 



KID: 
(Breaking in. ) 
Bann your taJkJ there's reason enough end you know it. 



aLEwiqrivR : 

(aittlns f^till.) 
You can't kill me^ Brcnoo. I aa too good a man to murder. 
You might shoot <» crock, hut you canH kill a streight juan 
whwn he's unarmed. You're no assassin. 



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look unflinchingly. 7h< KII> lower* hi8 hgaia a nix^ , 
dLUl in his pccket J 
Ha.' 1 knew it. 



KID: 
( remorinfz haaid froa pookot^ 
I can't do it. If I cculd, I'd hsre «hot ycu "before you 
turned. But you'll have to fight, you dog. 



All riijht, Bronoo. I don't know whsfc this is shout, "but 
I'll fl ght you wheneT«r I'm heeled right. 



KIB: 
You hla'jk-heart«d hound - I U8«d to be a gentaeraan snd I 
h»T«n't Icat it all, I gimm. The n«xt time I w<.n't wait - 
I'll down you on sight, 8o you'd b«tter get ^rmed in a 
hurry. 

(He strides ^tt? B« ^^ flings through swjjig doers.) 



CtLI3TI^73^: 

(Pounding tahle with p:la"s left there hy ^TRtTVl and gall ing 

Irudly.)^ 
Hey! Bring ae whislcey — "Bring it luiok and feet and often. 
I'a as dry as Death Valley in August, W^tar wcn't touch 
the spot. 



IflN'TiR: 
<At b»r.) 
01«nister*s in had when he tekes to whiskey.) 

( ISnter through awing doors, oaSEEUiiALglTg . J^HK looks 
iiboAt t uuiGkly, arixic-ualy. th^n t>c<6 \nr, Pie meter , s&e nUr ries 
_acrcs8 to hlra.) 



GH'SRHY: 
I 're been hunting ererywhere for you. 

( Laying her hand on his.) 
Boy, you must get o;jt of here. 



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Gat out? VliRt for? 



CHEERY: 
There's a soheiss of sone kind ox foot to err e flit jou. I 
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QLENI?^ERt 
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Wli«r«'s lay drink? 



AliSEMON: 
(a katlBg acroae to hi-' with whisk ey. ) 
Her* I CO le a runnin', yal. 



a3iENl!5TKR: 
More of MeNaaara'* work, I'll bet. Well , let then try 
to take 9«t They'll have a job for grown laea. 

(Ralflgfl glasq to hla lipa. GHSRRY seizoa It. and api l 1 s 
i t oa the floor. aTJ:NI^>TER half riaea, graaplng her * 
wriait fi ercely, } 
Vhftt th« devil -I Thfit'a ay drink. 



CHERRY: 
It'U whiskey, boy, aad you doa*t drink th3 stuff. 



GLENI^iTERj 
Of course, it'fl whiskey, Did you think It was Peinina? 

(Ca lling to waite r . ) 
Bring ne another - iuick. I 'a burning inside like a saw- 
dust pile. 

( j> J.G ERNON goes to bar for whiskey.) 

CHiamY: 
What ails you, Roy? You know you don't drink. That booze 
ia only fit for fools iixid brawlers. "Bon't iririk it, Roy - 
pie a se * 



(stubbornly,) 
I^aTFirrty, and I'll ht.ve it if I w&nt to. How do you know 
what it is to Sittoulder inside and feel your veins burn dry? 



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CKKRKT: 
You've "bBsn thinking «bo«ik thnt f^lrl "^it^ln. 



aLKWIfJTKR: 

Wall- what of It? 

(ALCFKRNOH 'hringi another drlnlc. ) 
I'm thirsty — tfmt's all. 



CfflCRRY: 
IfCNaaftra atrer drank m drop in his llf<i. 



OLENITTKR: 
(Cheeking glass half way 1;,^ his llif)«^) 
Do you want me to ocpy from hla? 

CVlKPrtYt 
irot oopy, "but profit. If you're not strong enough to handle 
your ovrn throut, you're not strong enough to b«at s nam 
who hH» mastered his. 

( PlANI^yr h<?fflns to play "The Long Trail." rjJCMI'^rjg R 
i mts down glaftft on t«M«, but still holds on to it. ?^trufTg l— 
v/l th his cBtot. loim a aownt, t hen springs to hi» foet, dashes. 
glass to the flo'r, an 1 shouts roughly. ) 

*?top that daamed aualc. I oan't go anywhere but I hear that 
fiong. It drlres im raad. 

(PIANIST 8t(M)q^ looks around, shrug Sf gets up and _gOftA-03gnr 

to btur. )^ 

(GLETTtSTl^ ffltB iorm^ burying his head In h^n h'iwds .) 



CHERKY: 
Why don't you b« a roan and forget that woman*' Can't you se« 
she's hcnd tmd glove with the f^ang? Oh, she's smooth with 
all her lnnco«fr'.tt, but she's wrong - Bh«*s wrong. 



( Vaklng utj. ) 
Droi- It, I tell you. And let oe alone. 



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(Ri»iiip^ with tha fxiry of a woaam aooraed .) 
"V^ry well. I. 're needed this to show ae wli«r« I stand. 
(3HB goe« upy aad oroasaa Caa--5iar Charls y tfho snt'grs 
throup;li awing door»ji and oobmhb down to Glenlater. At swi ng 
dbors sbs hatla aaft: look* ■baok'a atoinemt, the» exlta f urloua- 
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(fla u tloaaly . 
Hell to pay! 



Whftt*» up? 



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OHARLSY: 
Just got n«w« thait JfoNamara Is going to break the Vigilaittes 
toaigtit. H«'« got fifty deputies, armed, and our boys J^r« 
g«ttin» r«ady fight. We aim to giv* *eni a »urpris«. 



_(Now a I'crt ^.)_ 
How did you hear this? 



GH^JRLEY: 
A strange wowaa came ti. Dextry aad warned hia. 



GLEN: 
A woaani Who could It Ids? 



It was d»rk 'jnd she wouldn't give her name. We'll aeet &m. 
the sand spit la half aa hour, aad erery aaa is to ara hiasclf. 



I'll he there, Charlsy. It»s come to a fight at last. If 
we heat the deputies, I'll lead the Vigilantes to the Midas 
aad take what heloags to us. 

(Looks at his watoh. ) 
H»lf an hour you ?jay? t *ve a notica to try the cards, 
Charley, to pass the t im'tt. 

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Don't fall U8, 01«ni»t8r. W«'r« oountlng on you to l«adi us. 



M«T«r f«arJ 

(yiexing hl» ?«rH»^) 
If luok l« with u« tonit?ht, Charley, I'll win hack thi» Kldas, 
I'll be ther«. 

( aHAKlJ.'Y gxit^ door uo L.l 

( As rrL7:TTT'rnsR y^o^a up B., <^T>ter CjqKRRY ot d tha •BROTT'^0 KTD ^ 
through swing doors. ^ '■ ~ 

(C HERRY cowos jcwn R, T h e KIT) takgg lighted oigar ^**^ 
hl» llr^ft a»i looka at nl«"nl9t'..-r yfith hatred. QLr'Mnr?^ 
laujdig at him un'^cncgr'nadly. ) 
You'll bavu your ohjtnca , Bronoo, T>on*t he unft<sy. 
( •Laiiii-hiriPrT hp fllr.^a ■^hrcuoh gyring doora . ) 
( ThB.^ "!^ ^ror,is v>g »igar. and alsi^Tgpg hla heel on It with 
rsjp i. QoTa<;3 \o^n nA BJta or f'-ro tn'nl«. aytiTylpfr on« leg. 
f CKir. Tal:t w uut tobaooo rQ"^^"t ?*ad cifr^rqtto papara.) 



riT): 
I'll ao»ra him yet, the hound, 

CHXRRY: 
Qlye aw the "maklncs". 

(jK^I^ r;RO(|p entera through »wlnjg doors a nd liae up st 

ihe TiarT) 



KIT): 
I didn't know you smoked, 

(Haadg herpouch f -nA. napers^) 



C!HT3T(RT: 
I dcn't, s« a rule, but tcnlght I'm Im for BuyLnxag. 

(yiaroc lx* ) 

I don't Gure . I'm 8 fool - e fooli 

JVlndicitlYely. ) 

I coul^. kill hla for what he sold.) 

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I»ll br«iid that ohalkfeced husny for what si» Is. A l ady - ! 
( Laugh a hyatcrloally. ) 



KIB: 

She Is a lady. 

Stop thati 
(Rising.) 



CH1?RRT: 
((;;heokln.cr hter laught er.) 
What slls you? Are ycu slok? 



No, I'm not sick? 



CHERRY: 

(Lauahlftg harshJ^ v. ) 
Do you lov<s that girl, too? So Olenlstcr and IfoNaiiiara havs 
another rifaX. 

C-ThrffHlng up hwr ha*d8. ) 
The womaia'a a wiEard.' 

(T he KI^l patges up st ^.^e r.>f^y froa h«r. thea turaa d owa^ 

a gitated. ) 

(CHERRY orushea olgsrette vioiougly in her handa aad thr oiira 

it a>/ iY. ^hg i;ut:jhgr aras oh the faro tsble bafors liei :^ 

w r lar:^ her hand-'iaa if In torture, h«rgyg» aarruwfiag to 

a lits. Bhe looks dm^eroua aa ahe utt'^rs. a low acuad of _ 

* «/T'-*i/^h. aad ■^oynj ) 

(3lQvyly. "vi'.h set fwoe t'oruugh her t*^.?th. ) 
I could kill hla for that, 

{ The igP who has coiae J own, strrts at her worAs, dad ayes 

hwr cunnanf^ly, unregarded " h y h e r , ) ~ 

(PKyouM J0Ni^3 hurst s iatiirough swiag doors, excitedly.) 



Say, "Brunco, you*d "better get out front and "look out* 
your gBrness, or Roy Olsnlster will own your dump. 



KID: 
What's the laatter? Is he gambliag? 



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I wouldaH call it thai;, 

X^lu iuts froa galoo» at B ,) 
iBsir th««J Tb.« d-.ftleria are Biaply haadiag hla their "baak 
roll* OK« after the other. He Tsroka th« orap gaaaj, Tlie« 
h» cleaned t}i« Tu"b ia four bit*. How ]i«*» playlag Blnok 
Jaok. 

(jgh-cutg . ) 
List -sa t o~f!hat • 

( CBERRY rung up B, and looks through swing door of f F. Ths 
■ TriGL- atands baok of her looteinfT over her shou^er. 'JOH ES 

b enind thsaa g rea tly excited/) 



JOKES : 
there's the Bla ok Jack T^ne, 
(Shouts.) 



VOIOE: 

Xgr ora s a Xo on a t 2__'-) 

All d0ftn, hoys. Bed or hl-f^k - od.l or even. The wheel 
pays thirty fire for one. Get your money on hefora I spin 
the little hall. 



l?our thousand dollars in f wxr hets! Why, the crowd is going 
crazyi 

_( 3hout s . ) ^ 
He's won again. 

(Ent er the TXJOHi^?'^ throu<:';h swine: doors, in great e xcitement , 
- grc.hs Jones ana 'draffs liim down L« 0.) 



Drj(B ES^ 
CSeel It •« the greatest run I ever see. Jonesy, stake lae 
to fifty. 



JOTVJES t 
I never staked a man in «iy life. 



Well, try a woman for luck, but for Heaven's sake, be 
quick. It's a crime not to bt't. 



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No, I don*t cars to "bMck you. 



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Then lend me tbB money. I'll pay it Isaok. 
qulok,mar)2 Ah! 



jroNES: 

Corae on then. 

(Handing h~:r money.) 

(B OTH exit hurriedly ^hi"ou,c:h bv< ing doora .) 

(Shouts.) 



CTCSHiY: 
Hens corae th© garablers. Tliey've heard t-e news. 

(CHERRY let s door swin^^ to, e.nd turna to Bron oo»> 
(Ominously.) 
Kid, you* 11 Tm* broke in hall' un hour if this luclc holds out. 

(Shouta. ) 



f^ TCHF."^ enter 3 follov^ifd hv jnT7T?-i. ) 



f ?aiaking a aheaf of bank not&3 in her Ujqiftffd hnn^ at 
Cimrry, ) 
I gi^^s that waanH ^o h»^d for thre-~ hats.' 

( . TOK^Tr> wfttcliettuff through sv.ong door. Kir' l«fen a 
m ocdily tiigoinat f ro tahle.) 



CWSRRY: 
Vhy don't yoa stick? 



I«a too wi8«. Ha: I 3aiow when to luit. He oanH v. an 8ti^*»4y 
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Whatt did I t«31 you? 



B\»t h«*8 won agsln. 



He • Bid h«? lord.' X luit too soon, 

(Qoinig B. ) 
L«t ne t>irv.Ufr-h, I*vm got mcney iand I want to play it, 

(JOy?!?? folIowH her t>irou(:h awing doors.) 



CHKHRY: 
Tlii» la a bis kiilinf^, isn't it? 

( TTIK KID bP3 his hock to tmr and remaim clien t for • 
Bicinent. '^'houtB. Tl« turnfi r-iplcUy en her, nnd Si^ka.) 



Bid you ra»f n what you seid about - CU«nl8ter? 






KID: 
Th«t. ycu could - kill hlia? 

( 'IHKRRY fXinoii«'»; KIl") anecra .) 
Psh! I thcuiiht 80. Tou icvs the m- n eT«n after h«*« tnsatftd 
you lilce a dog. 



CHS ■■RYj 
I hot* him. I'd ruin htm if I oould. 



(R8I> idly. ) 
Th8n listen. W«»ve got no t injc to lose. He oan't lear* 

while he's wlnnin:: this wyy, find I'll get hi® Into a f^ro 
goae. I'll open a flyer, - fJee? Take the lid off — lift 
the 1 trait. Then z^r9 hiiii "work** - ■- - and you attiat help. 

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CHEERY: 
You msan - ycu*ll leal crooked bank? 



KID: 
Yea, and you muat keep Gases, Do yoa know my signals? 



CHSRRY: 
^ n^averlng; olenohed fist to llps« looking up B, ) 
Yea' - yes - "but it's dsng-jroua, Kid. I've seen him laad - 
he's like a BKinlao « 



KID: 

Coa». Don't be a fool. He won't see anything. 

/Busy at faro table, under his "breeth . ) 
But if he does, X'U drop h:lm before he can make a cry. 
I'd like no b«:tter chance. 

( CH:=j^:rY'3 baok to audienoe. She aeefflS to be hesitati ng. 

K lli takes revolver from gun drawer.- cocks it. spins' tiaa 

cy linder, and placeoit in the drawer of the tabls.) 
It ' s mcr=e than money I'ra playing for tonight, Thlo will "be 
a cinch. 

( To Bartender y polishing glasses, etc.,) 
Here, Toby - give me the phony box. 

(T o:^3^s the box he holds to Bartender, who in return, 

tos ges EID another 'hioh he places on the table.) 

( Goinp: up; pgts Cherry on back») 
Don't lose yoi r nerve, girl. Give me five minutea and 
I'll "^ring him in. 

(Ex it a thr ouch 'swing doors .) 

( CHI^IRRY opens sv^ng door, looks o ff.) 

('ThoutiTT ~ ~^ 

(Dco r up X. opens, snd .'lElEH enters and s^uts it aft en her, 

pous i ^n: a mo'-n.<^'nt just~lns ide - -Shfl -looks— £^lgh.tg«eA-^v>»t — 

determined.) 

( GE E'RY motions as if feeling th'S cold air, and turns dow n 

t^ PT S':;e v/ho ha.T entered. OTTKPPY gases as if she oouldn 'F" 

b elieve her e:/-s. then says in a str-^ined voic e.) 



CTfE'^RY: 
Vlifit do you want? 
^^iJBEIiSN cornea forward a few steps.) 



HELEN: 
I - I want to see Mr, Glenister. You know him. 



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CHERRY: 
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Oh, y«s, I know hlia, and I know you, Ifias Chaster, 

CTIERRy: 
Walt a moment. Mr, Glenlater Is in good ooa^any at present, 
I want to talk to you, 

( HRLSy ttims away froii }\vr,) 

ISurat. int? out "bitterly,) 
Oh, don't h@ afraid.' I know you ar« acrami^ting an unprardonshle 
8 In "by ta3.klns to me - But I wsnt you to know that "bad a. a I 
am, I.*m hotter than you, for I'm loyal to those that like 
109, and I icn't hetr^ty ray friends. 



nETJClT:- 
IColdly. ) 
I don't i>r«?tend to understand you. 



ClIEERY: 
Oh, yes, you do! Don't assune iiuoh Innocence - yott can*t 
play it with rae . 

( goes closer to her.) > 
Your .'iflsk doesn't fit well. T)r«aiifully rude of :ne to t«ll 
you thia, isn't i%9 You're In with fi fine lot of crooks. I 
adair« the Vhy you've 4(ine your share of the dirty work, hi»t 
when you a-'-iurne these scandali^'ed, supwr-virtuous eira it 
offends me. 



Why do you talk to me like this? I haven't iona anything to 
3rou. 



Oh, ii^'ivsn't you? I've dona "b^d things, - I've been foroed 
into them - but X never deli^r^tely wrecked a man'» life 
4u8^t for his money. 



HRLKH: 
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What do you mean by sayljjg that I hz^^f^ betrayed my friends and 
wrecked anybody's life? 



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CHERHY: 
BahS I had you sized up at the start, hut Roy couldn't see 
it. Then Struve told rae v/list I hadn't guessed. A bottle of 
wine, a woyoan, and that fool v?lll tell all he ^ows. It's 
a great game XoKazaara ' s playing, end he did well to gist you 
In on it, far you*re clevsr, your nerve i3 good, and your 
mala up la great for the part. 



HKLEN: 
You're wrong. I am In no g^Jiae with Mr. MoNaaara - I only 
know - 

Oh plejise - won't you t-ell me whot you knew and what you 
think ray pert hns "been. I*v*j he^srcl and SQ^^n things that make 
me think - Oh, thay irmke roe afraid to think - and yet, I oan't 
find the truth . People niakB all sorts of eharges', hut do 
they Know — hav* they any proof? 



So you ere en the hunt for infcrmaticn. Evyr try anybody 
els«? 



HK[,5:?7: 
You Sfjy StruTe. told you the whole schsae. I - I tried once 
but - 

J.'\^'K shivers.) , 



CH^'IiRY: 
You didn't sucoead, eh? 



D.n't a.=>k )ae. I hate to think of it. 



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(y.h.ijr]j\nfr t>ru«llv. ) 

So, f Jelling there, you think to spy on me, 



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CHKRRY: 
W©11, Miss Helen Cbestsr, I dcn't TDslleye s word yoo've 
said, pnd 1*11 tell you nothing. Your gong thinks I know 
too much, eh? Vent you to spy, do they? 



Ho, nc, no* Can»t you see? It*0 not thst. All I vfant is 
the tnith of this thing. 



CHKRBY: 

( golnp; up.) 
Then r:o to *itruve and get it. Get htm to tell you — I_ 
wcnH. Drive ycur bargain v/ith yc^i -- you •re shle. You're 
fooled "better voBn — now see what you csn lo ^vjth hijitt. 

( -IHE la up B, '3 ^HF fJnlsVxes ^HS exits through sw ing 

doors . ) ' . 

(HEIEK standB a --noaenty J^zed. at R, C, ) 

(Shout a.) 

( gnter ALQI^ITON throutrh swing doors. Goes hr iskly to har. 

Ca t ohes" s \ ■■; '-■!:■ ■ f ~n"^~ "r; ^v/:-3(;gr-i -- sucothq h' l"^. }-glr 
wiJLbL-h-iB lundo — :.tlcks his tjiauuniis in n-.e ve^T. rjr c^ils, 
and Htruts d Ofn to h«r.) 

(3Snter ^^TRUVy.^ doer up L. , tipBJly -aita at tf'31 e I.) 



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Tlntt3nt on Hsl«n.) 
I don't ezpTcly recollect hjvin' the prtjvious pleasure -- 



Hey, tv.ere - whisksy, ond he quick ^.hout it. I'm in a hurry. 
( A T.QKHWON catohes himself up end alcatea to the hsr . ) 



AXGT'l^NON: 
It's a-corain' to you like greased li-^htnln*, pel. 

( ^.TRirVH a-jes Helen, hi inks sn.l ruhf^ his e-es — ntHrr.fi at. her, 
86 T:iE stor-.s h'ick at hin like n hl^'i caught in a snare. )_ 



fBgfl^ing fo rward and ^ enc1jic:_£t_hfir-.^t±ie n-lsp n-ltis-ha-ck-w-itfe- 
s oorar; lacgnt , sensual amll e.>J 
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ni«o» of JUd^ ?3tilliBan In a gamTsllng denf Oh fit," 
(A ggERypy brlnga his drink, and goaa baok to tip bar * 
'^TRUVE drinks his whtakey at a iZMlOf than aavft In at hm it1n»«ia-> 
lilcs t om . ) 
Cot'ie -~6wfiti up. What's your g&HB? 



(Rfeoo lutely, ) 
yvrer iTlnd . I want th©9« papers. 



I knew you do. W«ll? 



I wjnt them et once ~ yen, ct ono9. 



{I.aufihlng unplfiesantly , ) 
Thin l8 no tiji® for that kind of t«lk. Their»'s riot In 
the olr, and I'm busy tonight. ConiR to my office tomorrow 
when It's all over. 



T<anorrow may h« too ]|^at«, I want tbem now — tcaii^ht* 



STRUVK: 
(l i jft dlt;?t in;? a moraent, tij&n, ) 
Thm lonlght it aha 11 be. I'll ah Irk the fight. I«m in 
no humor for It now that I'vo seen you. Let's 8e«. Yod* 
knuw th« Sign of the Slisd, It*8 a romentlo little ro«d 
house on the Snake River trail. I'll mrtt you thsre in aa 
hour. 



But th» jjapers? 



STRaVE: 
I'll hsv-e them with (m. 
(Risin,^ and going u^ , ) 



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You'd T3ett«r not — 

f Chtfckling tlpsily.] . 
jay beauty* 



Oh, h»'3 a "b'id raao -- laut I gfti ^t risk it. 'H'lo Ijlocdof 
those aen will te en ra« if I donH f»top this triBgedy. I 
:nust h>:v^ tbe proof. 

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( Tamini? up sta?-:^^' 
Wiiere can Olcnister "be? I iiust warn him "before I pro. 

( Turning: to Aligemon f.t "b r^) 

( T»espertely. ) 
!)o you icncw Mr. Glen later? > 

( A '^C^/AH prTtn cvirtHin fn J looks out thrcngh nnrtFd n ed 



(Coaint^ round.) 
i>o I kno'ff him? ^re, Miss. (Tone here. 

fq ^-fis ur to swirif^ doer, opens one c^f them.) 
Take a p-;cp. ^oe the ^ent? 

fWO:^ „^N oo:a.-.3 d ■ v?n -^tatr^ <»ith 'j VAN while.. 
th ey hr-. looking: O'T. 'and "BCTH ox It, -U'O r 
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AT.asRjvroN: 
Say, miss, t}i«y*i'i> oontn* this way, :^«tt«r cl aar out. 



( Wrlnffinff her hands, ) 
Oh - T w".«it WHm hla - 

( To AliFTornon » ) 
T riust OS'S T'r. Clantat'Sr a moment. 



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B«tt<»r ccn» ths ^ay. 

(■fjj,i1ns T., tn ^tfil ra. ) 

flro on - ui^ th-ard. 

Take niunhar saVij>n - th« onrtaAna ar« do'^n. 
( Afi she dtsHpr-'aara, h^ calls up to har . ) 
Say, Tjal, If ha* a yo"i» whit* hairod la^, you needn't start no 
rough house, 'oause he don't flirt vit' these dames none 
whatever, ?Taw,* Take At from me, 

(awtng doors are flung oi>m, and a n^pwri of ?'rv: ^md TQliP^ 



enter noVstly. Asnom ihm jrou^3^TJJi •'^UC^-J.^r.n. to^T????^!?, 



CH^:iUY ^jind the ^^I'H. y..g?n3TSH jl.^ arionp; the foretao's t, and 
comes down ^« ) 



(RaGkle-3 3ly, ) 
Hurry up your ou vfl t, T want 'juAck aotlcn for T'^e got only 
ten minutes to pluy. 



Take off the llr.it, kid. T'lat's right. All hets go. 

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KIT): 

(^lo«« th« door, Toby. 

(To:^Y o>)^9y;3. :^T'^ .-.huffl'^a oards fm(^ ?-J. Ir,^ t^-yjro Into th^ faro 
' box* ) 

( tn^n'VT) xyathara aroi£ld tlvg fa^-^o nay out* T^ia "Loc^r out" . 
ta k'js htfl Placa In th^ h ifria oh.iltr n^fir tba dialer, facing L . 
H« 1.„igiiT,« r» nlaMr. K1T> ta-^aa th» daalar'^i chlar. ^IiSlL^^R 

a rpuv^s in^solf ;,>C' as to 1jhv<3 t.he ttA'hIe an'l pluy-sir^ In fttll 
v^iavr. Th-3 "buslrK^-is" of uh« ftwtno ^'/ill huv>a to >»« Indicate d 
a t rgih^arsils* ) 

"^r, Gl9n1.3t9r, iliis f;ar'.* is for "blood. One of us t» ^o^ns 
"broke*. 



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Go ahaad,* 'Cum tha oards' 

{ 'W:i^ play, y."^ In t-i^g crowd nak** "bats alan , CHERRY k« ^pe 

fta«^ S. ) 

T.o6t again, ^-^y luck >ia« ohans«d. T}j^ d-avU's in th^ card*. 



NftTar ralnd.' It won't last. '^•'11 "br<»ak this llk» w« did th» 
othdrs. Plyo h'Oiidrad on thd high card - op^n. 



aL,7n3TisR: 
lt*« hot aa h»ll In h^r-s, 

( RlS'9S and thro^7J5 off hi $ Coac. ) 

{'fha (Tama prGQaod a. ) I " 

Again.' 1 iJ*y tha cards ar^* 'b'»wltoh«d. 



A aA?.!BT,EH: 
Thla luck can't last. "Toubl^ up - 1t*« "bound to ohfxnn^. 



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That's 8om«thing ?^1k« a yrnctr! 
(Mumrira of cidml .-atlon. ) ^ 



A miJZ^ 
He'll "ba r^Ained if h« los««» 



TtAming round frpra t«bl^, hand to throat a.B If choking.) 
, tho isand dollars en th* \um of a card.* "^©'v© don* ths 



ClUfiviT^Y: 
( 
Tin tho 
trick. 



Ar« you nil sat? 



(gftfCtir and «xolt od. ) . 
Turn the card 5. 

( a hreathloss Hunjnt a 3 tho ^'1'^ turn^ tho card's. Th^^re i s an 
oral nous >iuah.^ ) 



f}LSNl3T'«;H: 
(RoaraelYt ) 
Bro>C'a.* 

( Hta.E^T l3 s-j^n Paorin/? frora bahlnd nurtalna r>f hnx. ) 



(Snt^erlngly. ) 
So yc'-' r..' "brokij, »h? Th-sr-s's a f«w man who ?cnow wh*»n to quit. 



( Violently.^ 
Y««, rtnd 1 'm not un« of th-a f»w, 

( Cro^gee to ^\ and th< CXt'-lJ) walta ^xpiotantly. ) 

( "^.(^g^dly." , 
Und'^r.iUmd ma. ^. don't want any wan's money. 1 don't care 
for the gans. - *a sJ c^c - -jlok: - and tired of the whol» show- 
That' 8 why . 



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(Looks at htg watch.) 
Thar*** Just tia*. ^^ftt U th« place worth? 



Plxtnrse, "bank roll atnd all, su^ on« hundred thousand dollars. 



(fStrlrtaq to th9 tahl ^3, ) 
I'll b*t ray half of th.3 ^Mda« against your whole lay cut, and 
coppsr the ^^m^. Are you gane*? 



Don't do 3t, fii-jiilster. Your mine is worth far more than that- 

(0T.:,7'.!IfqT'j;H shtivas hin off.) 

( TUj:T/jn>T iH lyin'nf^ forward in hox, listening Intentl y. ) 

(Hesitates, drops hi a eyea to faro hox, glances at Cherry . ) 
(■ me - no4 «>4 — * '~~~ ' 

You're on. One !ialf of t'le Mtdas against the T^Torthem. Are 

yoti ready? 

( ni-rigir^Y Isan? ".ts-a'^ t gr lr .^-tn/? t'\e table, closing h^r ^n_^B ae 
tli o^^vt^i faint. ^^ arlts her t'»eth, h#r aet facs? turn^ M 
toward audience. ) 



Turn the cards. 

( K IT) d-^als slowly. Cry)^^ -starta hack, mnxmqy'lng anH look 1 ns 
pt tylriftly at ^1 »rtl n ?f. 7 



You lose. Are you satl'sfled? 



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(Lnudlv. ) 
No, \*m not. T.at m© 8i»4 that 'oox. 

( LdMwa fr)>r"aT>cl ;^u<iflenly and lnya his hand on th» faro "bo x. 



(yi(»rc<i(ly» ) 
Let so.' You've lost. 

GL®n3T3R: 

1 want thnt "box. 

(VranohQa ^» t tu hSn, looka at U olos»ly. cm"^ falls T )ack In 
ftlam. oriilRRY ris^s« holdtng on to Paof or cnatr. 
f n.:jn.r;:H fll-s oiU oarda in the "box so tmt t-i^y soatt's r. ) 

I t}iousht as muoli. 'fhi* 3 a a crook -ad "box. 



KIT): 

(Wildly. ) 
You li©; 

(".mxUh»»8 gm rrcm dra-^wv' . C^TD aeatiers, nrnu^haa^ k^eps 
o ut of th^^ ^ay. /"^T^^ ■■'aUi^a {pm and a1ra« it at llanister. , 



Drury* 

(Tha orv Pi^v^f tha ■a'^'.a _aj3n . 1 arV upw a rd, and th» -shot gues 
w Ud oY^r ai^nt-^t9r*;j haad. Tngre la a ory fm ra HJSrjgf as 8h« 
f »«ll« >>««'< h^hlnd the droytr ^d onrt al iu i r. .. ) 



Kir>: 
My rjod.* ^\at hav -j X don^? 
(H» xTishas to aVuiroaai. )_ 

(? nN^R5 aalr.e ni^nl^t^r who stnApirrl^a to f^et at t hf ""id. 
TM >jy_££jr^e hlrj 3.. to 3-'»tng doora. ) 
(OL A ioTAR C'unr.O'/ 'mrrl^a in thro>JFeh gwtmg doors, to 
^rlanAater. ) | 



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Forh«aT«n*s sal:<i», man, oom# a^ay, Th« fit^lit 1« on, and th« 
Vl^'jilan^ies ar« afv^r •^c^famara. H«ll to pay.' 

(Hslpa to foroa ^Icntatar thypu^ ttmlnr, doori.J 



KID: 
_( Hal ting on atatroage* ) 
Get out ev'sr/body. l^obv, ol <»r th« room - nt^i^ok, 

(} URTIgJT)?:^H and Al.'i'mmi^ hu-^tl 9 »av^r:^cdy off ^. . t^iro Uftli ■ 
swing dooi'a, oi.^ out "by dour up L, CHSIIT/ alon« r'Smaina 

l< la'^n^.g T ig T i}'!;^^ tiar up K ;-)— — - 

(yn^Tbii^maa /-gT^yn ataira witlThis arra about H<3l#n. "'h^ig 
l»anl nft.jijX»lnst hlia. H^ .l^&ada h-sr to table ^^» ^ ■'^h-^iv^ s' d 



Ar» you sur* you*r« not hurt? 

(H« kneels at liar fe«t. ) 



( S RlUnf? and slaotng her hand qh his h4»d,p 
"No, no* ft was Just frijjht- i'm all right now. Oh, '^rury, 
hav9 1 found you at last? 



(Klastng her l..«nds» ) 
J^y little 9lstek% 



How oould you hld« away frora rae so long? Oh, "'^niry, I've 
hunted jverywh^r-a - 



1 Couldn't l»t ywu knoi*. 

(Tlangg his i ead. ) 
■Qon^t you 8e9 what I am? T'm not fit to «p«ak to you. 



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You av& ay T5rot:i«r, 'iJhat is •noiAgh. 



(Rising: suddenly rgcoll-»ot\nff. ) 
But what ■brinijs you h«r» to this div« - you? 



(Rising alao. ) 
Oh - 1 forrjot. ""n^r* As Kr. OXanlat^r? You trl M to '<M\ him 
Drury, it vma horrihl«. 

f_m.nf.vi»;irT ^'*>^ av»« and cov-arlnf; hor fao^, slnvinp; i nto 



(Hoar8»l2/_. ) 
What do you want ^1 th that Man? 



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(Alort af;aln» < 
I dan*t »?5i^laln now, 1 iau9t s«t» hlra at ono». His llf* Is In 
danger. There's a tnjrrlbl* conspiracy horsi, In 'vhtch !'▼• 
he i;n mad« to play an lnnoc«nt part - hut it's not-ttoo lat« - 
"Dntry, tak« m.9 Uj hiia. \ 



(VlcAantlY,) 
I*d ioon^r talc« you to h-slX, 

( T)oL.r up L. oi^^na &udd#nly, and wit^r hurri»dl.y ^^cN/y^ARA 
and tht'TrMC ?!c>:AiaRA bar« th« door aJ^t*i^ Tiirs. ) — 



KcNA^URa: 
You h«r0? 

I^Ch^ to Trid.l 
Bar tliosd doora. 

( Ind^oatinr? »-»"lnfl doers. ) 
Tn« ■^'■l(2ily.nta ar^i aft-^r ua. W«»y« h«yn h«tray«d. 



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( '^Inking into o!;a*»r «l t«M« "^^. ) 
Oh, rni'- ('O'l; ^'h<*^ '.yirririooiVi^ of "^is? TJityirt on our h««l a. 
T!adi' »*** '*• ooiad In - I know th«y d,1d, 

(HHJ.-<:N stands "by and Irlatf to Comfort h\vu MqNAT^ARA pa c«8 

TA P and down H. and gla r es Ht H^lro aa th» Kt'^ bara sw l ng 

doors. HRigKHY orouch«a up bahind t-n» "bar.") 



KIT): 

( S tandi n/^: vylth his ba ck to s^tng doore* ) 

( To l.^o"^lanara down r-t. ) _^ 

W^at'a hHM'«n«d? 



JfoHAJ'ARA: 

Treachery - that's v?hat*« haprsn^jd. Our p^-ans »^soarrl«d. W# 
raid«d th« "^''Istlantda, but they w^ro arnad and waiting. 
T5i«./ routed our n in. "^^ow th"*v'ra In pursuit, and it maane 
lynchlnfj, if w«*r« oswxe^hX., 

(Btoi-s paotn?;; r^plnt odl y. ) 
Son^itbody wamad whos© man. 



I. did. 

( . TtmaH! risas. i>Udh<i& har from hin. KqKAKAR/V takes a « t «p 
forvyard, poln^tnf^ his ftnc^r at h^ar. ) 



Wc>U"'^ARA: 

Y o i^ ; wamad than. 

I'Sh^ .Tirift'j ts 3P9.»chl ^sr? and halplajss, falla i nto cha ir a 

■luddlad raas«. ) 



(Hf^lHlnff Vi<ar h ^d Up proudly.) 

Y»s - I warned tham. ) 



McN/VVARA: 
You did t-hi« for tha isian ^o ha« robbad you of your sood naraa. 
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Ho - ^ loT« no taan. H* tnist«d n% and would hay 9 "b-susn my 
.friend "bnt for /cu and ;>^our t,T*aaeh«ry. f^od only I'cnowa what 
terrlTjlsi wrong yuU '.»▼« don# hira and his p«or'l»» ^ donH. 
I only know that t haT« "b^^n a blind and trrjstlng wonan who 
"b«11«v«d youp 11«3 - y«>9, your lt«s - "b-sdaus* I - 1 eonldn*t 
t?')in> that my owi kin woiild d^o-^tv* me and us« pi© to «poll 
and ruin hon»8t m-dn, O'l, I did your dastardly wor*«: w®ll - 
you 

who were as a faUiar to n« - you 

( Tn KQ^T-Anara. ) 
who ''i^o^ild hav^i rmd® na your w4f«. But X "b^gln to ss>« th« truth 
at last, and 1 aliall har* t'lf proof h«for© long. T wll. 1. hay« It 

(a ■?.o'b cat'^hflrs h^rv throat* ) 
Walt. T)on't"stop mi no^. ?lu wond«r how % know all this, t 
refused to h«llovs what i^«o'pl« said. 1 shut ray «y#s - V 
iBuff«>rad untold ulsary - suff «r«d "bdcaus* 1 t}io»ig':a you w«ri 
ml Bvmdar stood, lalajudged, wronged hy th«stJ rough m«n of tJi« 
rTprth, "^'ut 1 oy^s'heax'd your Intrlg^xtiS tonight wh^n „ou and 
BtnjiTs wsrs at tha hoUiS'S - you dSdn*t knew 1 was listening. 
1 had to know. Tt Was torture, "but It wad* a woman of rj«. 
f>od h4lp any gli»l who has *to mak© th^^ f l;;ht T made this night. 
■ ( ■'^^''^Q covors h-ar f.-i^ct v^ith har hands thara Is » pau.s'8, -#hUe 

th e KT?) com-g'? -ilu^n. and 'St^inds haa HIJa her- fiPt-jt ee tln , ^yl : 4 — 

d unhly. ) 

( Thare Is a luud knook on door w "!-•). 



McNAJ.-tAPA: 
Th«r« th«y ar«,' Tou h?aT# won, 'C-iKStr*** no e'<*c|ip«. 



(In terror. ) 
Th»y will kill &«, Oh, why did T ooras to thl « land? 



(Moy^d hy ht^r ■Anola* a xillfrht, V 
Oh, :nnAri', Cfin' t yc<u eav* th-m - ^ld« th«in »on«wh<sr« - 
(Another douhl^ KOTir<t soKt» ona trlaa swing do Qr;s and 
sliakQS thOM. ) 



T)o aoH'gthlnp: . "^ ^^^9^ thought thl^ would happ®n. 



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Tharw's on«9 c/tuncd. Tv-^y wust not find you or H61en >idra - 
t>i«y'd snatch y^u lik« «volv«s, 
{ Cttxing to fiooT <\ijf^n L . ) 

(A TlOTJiaH >CIOC!': UP T.. and a voice Tram th« saloon B. ) 



09 «n up, or we'll brank in. 



Who*» th*r«'? 

CTo Tl-jl-dn and wh» othara. ) 
Quick - lulck.* 

AHSSj^ nnd He>U?{AHA halp thQ JTDqg Into roon. and cloce tha 
_door» ) 



<K IT> unT)ars rj^ov mt> ^■- ^^ ^» flung op'^n, and a gronp of 

n n^jkad mt»n pou;^ in.Thay ''^^ar Tarloua kinda of mai?kg, 

a&i.l. ia Co I ton, l^anflannn lumdk&rohtofs, hm thoUfrh liafttlTy ynarj ^ , 
On';^ of Vimi (;^'i6 to- sv/ing door>5. unnara '-ch^gri vo j.. -T^'r^nTTlore 
^^rrlLANT^v, AL^ ur^ ..-r.-id ^U.i r^f^^?;, exeu n t ^ .;-:l i;.": ^;]! who , . 
o^SFniinrTkijS'i ooH^.-i r'^ Tulvor. "^n":) fnlla bac\- "bafc re 



What do you want? 



search that gall-ir:,'. 

( TTfO U^J run MT' tha utalra and so thro^Jgh tn.« •box««8. O TUKRS 
4-3rirch b^iind tlia "b-*'r', ) 



nHART.ijY: 
( Pron rrallary . hpx. ) 
■^Tohody up here. 



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(T»^mtn?y to ^^UX, ) 
'i'« want I'C'J^^unara and th« Ju4{;«. W>i4r« ar« th«y? 






(" PQlntg to door do^TO^ -* ) 
Wh^vi^ .doSB that uooT 1 ;s?«d'? 



It's a card rooi.i. Ther-j's nuhody there. 



T»ll «6)t» for nya^lf, 

( rlT) standja "bafwro hAn.<*'3 ha nav^e for th^ door,] 
out of wc^ way. 



(Kuddenlv tgar^nr; off r>lenl8t'»r*s raas ^. ) 
Ah, T thought so. 



I na:<« no s«cr«t of it. T'4t ra« paaa. 



KIT): 

You can*t go in wlnir^. 

And wl:y not? 



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TClTi: 

B«caus« - oh, If 3 only a woman - slip's htdtng in ttatrd, 

^••11 s«j# about that. 



(Plantlnf; h1inci.?lf afta^nst the d.oor> ) 
Stand "bac^c, T say. Y..n'r-J a h-sll of an outfit, to tmikQ war on 
Women. 1 te3.1 yc,u, you can't s^^ h«r - sh«*-9 a d«c9nt girl. 



A decant girl in rhis dlT« - '^aln.* That won't go.' ^he's non» 

too good to faoa us, T^ll h-jr to corat out. 

( T HT) ma-ais a r^rab at hts ?t>m. GL-gMT^TigH miS6>s htg rfgyolvo r 
and oo.^:irs him. Viai ■.a'TT^JS Imod at ■'. throw their 
n fl es to g'lotildar altoK^th^r. aininf; at t'lg I^Ul. ) 

■won<9 of thai W?*ll "blo-v yo^i to places. Hands up.' 



(Holding; up hl9 hand's .) 
it's nv use. You're too if^.nny for ?aa. T^us Ustan, hoy* - th« 
girl ts my si ator - *^<9 cam^ h<str'9 to 8**« h« tonight. T\ink what 
It n^ans. You'll r^aln -i^r. 



( At •-.^'. . t^a;nne off hl^s naek, and spitting.) 
That dnmed thing S9%» in riy mouth, and I oan ««« good, neither. 

( To rxd, ) 
nay,"^''!'?, 3i^ nay h« your slater, "but t'll "b^t sh« ain't workln 
at li. 



Sela« hln boys, "a's lyin^. '-'9*t«9 r?.m th«tt do-m. 

{WO •viaiLAKTis stc foyw*yd and S'gtge ^td. 'm>»y take 
hrn oT«>r A. ) 



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All rtady.' 

f VTffn.AMTa.q ^..-^^r door down l. r^t.^n.^T^B atepg forward . 

rn pj^'-on do'..r with hi g ■9ix-<shooter, <gt>»r>g T)aok ug sJH ffa^ . 

f a c 1 ng ?tudi<3inc;3, oooVii? hxS revoXTar'» and cov-ara th*;* door.) 
C-on^ out with yuur hands ui-, T'-^Narnara. 

(a p-^vuse. ) 
f^on« out - 'in to':. 

( ^or oT'^ns glu'^ly and R^'^^I? enters. Olosas th<» door "beh ind 



You! 



1 heard al\ you said. You a^kad to oaa ma. "^'all - T an hare. 



T«ll m« what t-his rn«an8. H« callad you hi a »lst»r - this 
gariblsr. Is th*3 a trlokV 



No. It la th^i truth, '*nat nan is wy "brothdr - lh« brother T 
told yo'A T was aearchlnc i'or. 



(Looklnf? from H^l^n to ^<Ad| th^n. ) _^ 
PorglT« n-a, 1 uidn't know, T thou^jht he 11«d or thl« would 
not ha-"-? har'p'^n'Jd. 



I only ndt him ht3i'» tonifjht by ac!old<»nt. 1 oain« hsr* for 
another purpose, and, now that you have found me In thi* place^ 
you rau>it Joiow wl^y I oane. TonigJit \ orerheard a plot to arrest 
you all - T wants' to warn you, 1 searched everywhere to find 
Jlr/.CierBisterbef&ra T w^jnt to you nen - 



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DEXTHY": 
I !night have known. It was you that cara© to ra« In th« dark? 



Y«s, and th«n T laamed thai JJr. (rlsntstsr was hers, and - 
that's how 1 found the "broth-^r I haven't S9on since 1 was a 
little girl. Thard'g nothing mori» to say. 



Yes, there ij. soiaothlng wore. T?oy», you hars haard what Miss 
Ch-3st9r has sail Ta theri one of you douhts her? 



No - no - no# 



GLEM13T3H: 
One Word th;in, "before we go. ^^e are inifUgb men, hut we are 
honest and we know the price of a good woman's nans, ^111 you 
swenr to he sH.rnt regarding H\sa Chester's presence here? 
Raneniber your o^n women folks and forget that we found her in 
that cardroumu 



VlfJltAI^TSS: 



We swear it. 



_(3ter/rini? out. ) 
1*11 swear no thin* till she tells where the Judge and MoWaraara 
are hiding. 



POTTON .TONES: 
That's rig}at. '7a saw thera come Into this building. W'lere are 
they now? 



(Tuminfy savc;t| -?aly on the cyo^d* ) 
H^'aat talk is that? '^e airft here to laake a gal hetray her own 
■blood. Tf W9 can't find our enemies in nan's style, we won* t 
"be heholden to a wotaan. ^at's raore - T've got a notion 



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thai wq'II find ?!oHi*rmrH at th» Kl4a»« with th« 9ol'iti»r», 

(-{©^IJ >it>in'i9 at !-♦ wlt'M /lanrt.s tightly el«noh«4. ) _ 



"Ddxtrii'i* r"tf:T'it, boys. Cola's on, yf^^rt waiattng titna. Let* a 
go to • th« "Idad. 



s\;tJX'S out. ) 



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Oh, yon fools - you hlind fools* 

(VTraLArTTg'^ hfcilt arid lifity . ) 
You saw your n^n oorae in v^ith your own «y«», and yit you let 
a Smooth word fxXim. a pretty innocent fac« turn you hack. You've 
got th'SM safely "!:?agg9d in yonder 

(Pf)lnta to otnM rc.om.l 
The hussy li-js to sare n^r loT'sr,. 



^WhJBpera hoa^-*aoly . ) 
Tha t ends it. 

(CRpWn turns ac:rtly waiting on aT.B>?T.'^TH:B who sho^-ys his 



(}igiJi!?? utAfr.fT'ix'as. hacV: a{;aln«t th» wall near door dp-^ J., ) 



i^on* c. stand th«r9 1 "•>« c5gar storts Indians. f>o In a^i'^ drag 
th.«n out. 



VlalLANTSS: 
■'^o you hear that, frl-sail stdr? ''^^'y« h^jf-f^n fool«d. 



CflART.sSY: 
^Iwrinp; tha qoH of rpp^ with hnnm-j^n* ffi noog» f^ow h lj 
ghould'-ir% fipyfii n, , so that It 'mouila. ) 
H9r#*« th^lp ra«<ilo1n«. T^-st's hrlrg •■an to it. 



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"la thtQ t u.d? Ard th^y In th^re? ^•■''y clod.* Rar© yon liM to ra» 
again? 



( StariTin «t t'la rope 5 n hor^'or. ) 
>To .* Thtay arti riov - th-ir*-?. 



Coiaa on T.'*t'»s 'la-^s th-Mi o'»t. 



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( Tt^'mln;! on I'ljra. ) 
Stand "bHc^r, TscyaJ ^'is Isadfs* h^v^, 

( they fall baok. C-T..)i:?Tl3T;i;H eonos do-m T.. , d^t-9rmJn'»*tly« 
T-L:-3T. ^_3..et^s-aX-:-i.^ia^^U-^oJXaly , >>,^S ^?9g>l 1 ngU- - t^^^rQ^t out K^r 
MfWA^hT indi y^ ^^ygya tovfard-i <"^lanlst^r, who oatoh«« and 

h i?n^''')y Coat laPials, Tr^ar h^ad low^rod. ) . 



(In a hottyse ^Jsper. ) 
Yes - y«s, th©y»i?t In th>»r«. T 11<9d - 1 had to. ^ut you 
mnstn* t - no, no, tf you Ioto m«. 



( His f>ioa ahr/^s his A'^ony: fr :i.>i\nr frc.nt. — L. 
Po'.l^d.' Fo 'led «tjr*jn.' 

(H:i:TJ';>^ har st->^1ghton'» m, and ho Ingtnntly reloa^gat h«r, 
and braoi^ij lu:.' uCvton* 3/^^ l^ans back against ta'5!i.<a, facing 
front. K^^r faoo Is f^>Lll of tar 'or. mnd h-ar 11 '-a raftVi~ 
3i;.:ns of nut taring - "He - no - no".) 

( T> n a 'Seen 9 ta^c»3 W C - ■ mt whtl^? r^L^n STSR U 

p r e~d ;;jna>> 1 y ■■ :.- tp : o rUrf^"' 'mtir~s:-ia rgcov^rg nerlelT, and 

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I*ra thv» nan's ^nony* ^'11 bring him oiit, 

( H^ pHUBit?? nn instant •'» l f i hi a hand on tha door lcno>>, an d 

• fa mL^^ :.^.i>a ^;^ vhln V^ tr^rdahold. '^^ VTGT-.A?n^3 half 

((ILSWl'^T^R r'^a^.vj/eara, st-apa out, alana tho door oart^lqg 'sly 
*if t .}r h\n, /f)-v^8 Halan cna gwlft loolg that ^la wn«tt he 
knows. 'T** rat»33 his ti:;:*'! and I'oint^ at ^''jt^-'r-y. ) 

Boi^a, ^ holiav^i thut Woiaan la in th« gane. .*^«'a playing for 
ttpid to l*»t thoa-d m9n s-scap** '^'^^ rooM la «rnpty. 

Go - und hd glaicl you ar« a woiaan, for If you w«r9 a man you 
Would answer to ud for that 11 », 

( ni V ' prir la. Qru»h^td_^y V t h ■aT fl a g janA'34>«-.^md--cfaySJ ^ rt o offl nfi -^and 

ax lta throufth awtna door»» 1 

( KIT) is r-^ldaaad* ) 



Htll.» t^a'ro wa.3tln' tlwd. They'll ««t aw=iy frc^i ua y<it. ^ick 
vyp your d*»tli rattla, Oharl^y, and oom« on. I'm hound for th« 
Midaa. 

CCge VT'nT,.\irT:.^n »xlt t>ro^i<^i ^-^inj; doors, and door up L. ) 



(Halting '^It' tlir<>^ or four VILIT^ANTB^ up B. ) 
Th«r«'B som'Sthiiiti harfl i don't .'. uce. rt i.-.oks aann«n. sjiiia^r. 



If you doubt raw, stand out lt:<a a nan and I'll maVa jo\^' 
oat your worda. 



It aaolla lik« traaohery to wa, 01«nisjt«r, but wa'll know In 
an hour. If xt 1» - wall thara'a no room for trainota in thia 
land. 



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(ALT, ^xlt, leaving H'J/^^, KTT) and H-T.^nsTgR,) 



1-1 fion't Icnow what to «ay - 1 can n«v-«r malc« an«n4« for all 
you hare don« for u», 

(In fl«arc<s hu-^iy^r . ) 
^or us/ "^o you ihlnk 1 racrizicsd my honor, b»tr«iy<94 my friend* 
Killed my last hoi>« In th«j JJorthlnnd - for us? 

C:fl in>yVn(? door do'?n L. -yldd oi^'t^n * ) 
rion© otit - don't "^o afratd - your enam1«8 havo gon®. 

( K/^WAMARA er.m^a out holdJnft UP th« totterin/- .riryi-j^ ) 

2io.' ''O'Tanara aiid his friend* ar» no friends of mln^, and l^aa 
no friend of thV.rs. Yon n-d not of my p^op^-®, ^^^ yon don t 
un'«rstand^ You called n-s a saVacd, and you w«r4 right, "but 
I Would not chango placs* wUh Uiat man, 

iPr . t n 1 1 n,"; to ? 'oN;tfi«ir'a. ) 
-f jr all th« wealth of tr^« Midas. You're taken my Gold, ^ 
you're roh^ied m* «f the lore and respect of rai' cotarades, you re 
clieated rae out of all that makes Itfe »w«et, but there'* one 
thins you gare me and you can't take away. Oh, I're learned 
jny lesson well. I're oone to ray eetate. l*re found reyeelf at 
last. I an no longer an 34»klno 1 wn a mnni 

(Ke fa)eg up B. and fl^n;;* out tlirough swing do ore . ) 

( HST^igj at H. avit'otoh^^i her mxthmb. out after ^^^"» ^^'^" glnk e 
cr ui^hed. hurylnc? >ii>r hs^nd tn !fler arrae at faro ^.aol^, . 
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T he K'idaa. Chrlstgas Mornln.ct ^t daybJ^^^k. 

The ;:-ct''W pc<^plgs fUll sta^?. Th.:. ''Id&a 
l le-p In a W^l « ylth th<? KOimtalna rlaJn^: rJ;:h 
o n each ald» ond rolllns away in lack (WaU ' nee. 
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"it i ■ \ . ■■ -o tndieate i>he} p;aT^ 

; • , L Lack drop ora aa'^n 

^w., ,. ,..-... .. :•, , . :•: ixtreite diat anc^? 

vary ; I J h, :i>vry- ?:n.' ■^..'ZT^^'-^ ^n oailine; 
'''ilCo- ■' -''i" ■' "Oil in": in con; o- . '".o- 

XJrie, m&r'''r' ::o\in ...U\ .i r,f^ low caLM.j - :' ■ '•:-y.\''n 
aora hui'.3 |i--^i>-'; ' - M.-tr-nt perfiVocM v:^ . 
on ba^H d>v , ■., . ■ • Hfrhtel ■•/Jn!c . 

as cwlaln : .. ■.:■, and ^tcrtj "13 dark. ^^^^ , 
B, Tt, la ;, dhaft, avfch 'vlnli'^as iron 

th'? dr^.ir v. .'.■■.■ >3 a "ope« An o.^ LMck - * 
li'">s. cl(r;g L:''« 'i-'"'.^ '^vlndlfisa JG on ih^^ '-or 
o f . rj. low - ■•'•■- U"/. - 2''^'-^V''-^ '^^ dif^ta f ;^-i na t 
back dfoi ' , in mi ddl a tli a ta nc e ;j ^- e no ^^ a-'i r 
w lndlaHBt and T>a2f-dugr, f4nf-..r^nUy oor. d 
dl aJ^ftnce ^ip the jJlcht At , . t, j^ the and 
of a c>'l.ln« lew r'cc">d» cv3 ■■^^Mn.;in^ ^^rv(^'c , 
rll'?d hl f^. h wl^.h snow. At T?, C. ie a 
blac) '. - '1*3 forge { nd unv U wl ih pi oka 
and ,. .J lyinr^ n^ar. Fir tr'^e3~wl~d T"' 

bou'jic .^"lov^ ledon and heavy ora on boih 

r Vctxt>-^. A T-alr of snow jhpes fre h^.nglnc 
baalda '■ha esfcin locr t)t .'^. ^.' 

'^ ^ Q\~i curtnln r'Ajj'tc th» stage I3 ^n dark- 
nea]?^ '. for ih^i r^d ^low of p. caap f Jra in 

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The cuy*ta1n rlsfts te t.hft oroheatre playing 

■"^v-. T-,;. .- T:^-.'?!", ^.^n I ^^rin:i to hr^ak 
an g I a 5 ^ xn y 1 3 q a » .^ f ad ga 1 1 y fi 00 11 n ;? 
the dcone wl h dayilghi» an! isakjn^ '-he land - 
aeft po e\ flit t^wrlnry spftykllng vvhltw picture^ 
r oliftvecl and l.rckv^^n ly -h.3 log CtA'tn;,;? i h<^ 
T\v tp<i ^^» an 1 pay i.,irrr;.' 'K-u^lc c^a.3'33 -^^ta r ths 
cix nLtiln 1^ UP an^l '^.^."^T;''v i .s 'learA s1nr.1_nr^ 
o r whl titl1?v- f .^nalcTi of '.W^_ .ojas_, — ghJJL3 — ^ 

and a/yj tatect,) 



(j ^T.QYplnj suddenly, ■*ig1nr and x^piniinz c^-m at Ch^jfrya) 
Hold on th^re ', ' ~" 



CTTERRy 
la r.hflt ; ou, -^ex? "it* a Cherry. 



Well of all the— t ^at are ,;x>u dcln' *way up h^re at this 
tiae of th« Kornirt*''? 



Oh, It's bean su ch a terrible n5^ht T hswen* t b-aen Jn ted. 
J*K solnc ard. Mc"firc£>ra*3 iren cbko down from the eelnai last 
night' and the \Vhole tovm I3 awake ovar the riot. Ths*y gay you 
killed ten poople In the fl<:ht. Ts it tnieV 



\ t was a d*uce of a 
sore attongst us I 



1 don't kno-;? how many they l03t,t'it for 03 
fight, ^y, v/e ain't got so Ruch as a cold 



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Mawl Wa didn't giv9 '^R tlce. f'lonlstar eUri-ad throu^t^ 

thair guaMs in the darkness and l«ld a f»w sticks of dynairlte 
undor v.he rclno Luildin^a. ^^e'. 
LHr^ pnin ta off "^ « ^-"^'-^^^ look.) 
WKon 'uh*5 shots wwt off iM V'12"llfmte3 rusHed on thac in body, 
b«fore they could recover, ^h, It worked as allck as a n<5w 
ffiro-box! ??ay, have y-^ a eon WcNfieaifa? 



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nHERHY 

He's in to-«n. He hug cr11*1 for troopg and ?ou' 11 "H li® 



Won?' that >.o handy'. C^oel Thnt'/s 'sfriat T «raa afraid of, hut 
It's uort^ CGCfOjn. to know 5f we'ro CP*"* '^0 ^^ downad we*il dl© 
fi^htln* for the old mine *atead of freeain' out in cold storage 
lika '.^•ve been doln'. We've got th« Midas under our f©et once 
core, nnyho.», an' rosssaalon la t«n ninths of the law !n ihis 
country. 



CHERRY J 
But Rov - lias he cons'? Lack? ^ere la ho' 



SQttehcdy cnll'^d hlir. on the telephone about rrMnleht jmd he 
in out of a audden like hi 3 clothes waa afire. ?^ald h« was 
coin* to the sign of th© f5itd Road-houa«, - didn't mil to explain 
aald sottethln;3 horrible vaa doln*. 5?op-'? of the )x>ys thou^t 
he'd cot cold feet «aut he cried out there was a ^crtsn In dant^er - 
she'd courted ruin to save us fellers - risked her honor and all 
that - Anyhow 1 know Roy ain't p:ot tha chl 11-blalns, c^nd we aia 
to hold the fort till he «:ets lade. 



OTERRY: 
Oh, 'iex, it was ^ who called hi ir up last ni sJit. 



( TuTilng 3Uddenl^^ .) 
JSh'f How's that? 








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( Wj th /:re-at anxl gty«) > 
tJ3ten, "^sx. Bh» care, lo ce last nl^ht aft«r you- left the 
Northern, and told rra she ^3 colng to iteet Struve at the '^i^n 
of the ?^16k1 - !^he Ijacc^d ce to help her. 



( ^> »<;;i T^r '"^'^^ ''-'^ tha_aIi ^iAliiiir->-Bi:j.sh-a4-sgi^^g^»4^) 
Tha 31 en of tho Si^! Why, n. b<^lon,-3_ to Struv©, and t-he fallow 
who runs 5 l ia a rosu©'. P'Uwly nho 'if^sn't - - 



Y«a. Hha 'vont to save Po- and th«» r«?ist of you. To 5©t 
3 or© VPT^f*^'' ^or^ hi a that IncHstinat© t)-& -vVhole gan^. 



Siruval Aion-") ".vi vh Strxivs - oU". therel 



Dex, 1 tur i-o blap<'* rov lottln'-^her zo* '^<V/ ("l^tl J do it? ''a 
afraid - afraid. 



!5EX: 
But T donH undarstand - ssha alnH a - Ljid girl. 



No, no, thRt»o n. She doesn't know the 2fiiB« sh« is ir asa^na*. 
wlT,h StriJV9. ^^o I3 a ruffian. 1 lied and schSRed and intrisued 
agtilnat her tut that's over novf* I'lr alck of deceit - sick 
of it all - 7 «int to do vvhat's rl^ht. 

(?! ttll-33 TJlteou3ly.) 
1 CU03S there is a llttia atreak of aood In e© 30C9>irtTer«, aft»r 

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It* 3 icoT« ihan a fstreak, ^^lei'ry. You're rty kind of r«opl«. 



1 donU -mnt to be - ihat , 1 ^ant to b» MH k^nd - hj^ kind. 



So y6u T.old ':h« boy, and he rode off '.e find her? 



CTTEHRY: 
Y«a, and T told th« B^^oncho ^'1d, too - 

Tha Kid' Oionistor will kill 'aJis If t,h«»y meet. 



CHERRY: 
Tht» ?'ld la Helen's bi^ther, - ra all.? and truly. 



Wall, w»li: ^o he Twisn't stalllns last ni :fxt , end h«'a 

tho lon^, loat son of & £>an aha'a been looking foi^, after aU. 



CHiSHRY : 
Ohl I*K half distracted. ^«*n t ihlnk of those two aen iteetinc 
Roy and the T^ld - f -vlah t^hey'd coa© back - ' wish to ("'od 1 
kn<»w a^w was safe « and ffidnlater. 



( ?^ud clan Xy pti 1 1 :jq s > 1 1 ^t an 1 n g « ) 
3h' f^oreb ody ccrcSn* up t}w i<}.\lch, fs t out of aJsht. Quick. 
(Ci HT^Rv dlaapr^ara -op B. over binff.) 

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(Seats htntaeXf dqJectetUy on '.h^» ojivil.) 



Tho no\W Is tumln;: ha ndsp rings oVJr the riiapua laat nleht 

and Mc%icara*3 calleA oMt t,h« soMlers. 

(GtF.?!« ats.rts, ahakas hi a h»ad aot'erly *) 
Ain't thfit hell? 



atJSNs 
^•x, this Is no victory, W©»r»«> wora© off now than wo mre 
befora, and our* ItcS*^^ fiC^^t la to cone* ^ KUst put It to the 
boys . 



v/0»vf? ir.ad© a cood flcht, anyhow, whether w« win or lose thles 



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My riitht ia rftfida and won. 



spftftk o^i't., little one. ^s^'.t do you mean? 



c-TEN: 
My hardest tattle has noihln.;: to tlo '4th the f 'Idas or- v-h^ rAnBi 
of Anvil. T foit.ht and conquered reyself. 



Awful cold ico^nln* for» phi losophj' . ^t'i; apt to sou*^ on you 11k« 
Rllk In a thundefatorel • >ose you put overalls on* ffun 
boota on eoc* of thea: Boston ideas an* load 'eir o'it Where ^ can 
look * 'f^ '^vor an' ^""> wvi»(t, '■''v-»i'' r»fl m^ to. 









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GtENs 
(Sarn»atiy. ^^<^ rJa«a> coR«3 up and l&v& two 'mnJb on !^extr y* a 

I E^^an that I waa a 3avtts«» Jviat like you, till I ast K^iar 
Choater*, anl ^he n»«dl9 a rcan of rc<». It look litte but T ihink 
she did o 30 od job^ 

1 iov« the ^lld things juyt as cuch cs ©var, but l»ve learned 
thot th«r« aro duties a fellow c>^"93 to ■')J»a9if and to other 
people, '^ '^'?'ll only c top to think thee? out. 



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Juat like 2^^, (shl ^^y, i, nin't no aavas©* ^*tt gentle and 
for-glvin*, aa o ah©op. l" wouldn* t hu.'^t a hair In th9 head of icy 
"bUtersst on^y. I islght hurt his head a il ttie, Jf 1 sot cloat 
©norii^h, tout «• 



GTJ5N: 

I've learned that the rU;ht thing Is ujiu&lly the hardest ^^o c^.o, 
OhI f*ve litproved a lot. 



Osel but. yon* re popular wl ih ro'-irs^lf. H don't help your iccko 
none - you're aa hoiseiy oa ever - an' v/hat /^ood do^s it do 3'ou, 
after rH? She'll marry that bl:: Eoose, Mc^aisara. 



TrTEN.: 
I know! That's vfhat ranklea , for h«'^ no Rore worthy .of h<9r v.han 
1 am. Rut she'll do the right thins, depend on tht»t. W^iy, '^ you 
know Jihat sh<5 did thl a Mi r'y nlijht, ^x? 



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W-ill, I've found that she Is sood ana i;.-";'ve nnd honest. The 
p^rt she played against ua ^vas played innocently, I'rr 3U>^ of 
thnt. In avM9 of the fact that she yfill warry McNarcara. T.aat 



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n1 i^tr, after she "had rJakstd hw reputation to warn the VigJiant»3, 
ah© mnt with ihat vl lla'in, f^t^we, to th^ '^Isn of i-h« Hiadj to 
g«t irccf fJ^orr. him thftt "«;>ul<'i aave tho day for n&» 1 heard 
of it - that's ^7 Jf Isft h^r© 30 suddenly - and s^t there In 
ziit9 to fln;l J^truv© sn«akln3 off 10 t.h*5 lovsn and WhSicperlna; 
that th« ^-id. had shot Mr and cfirrl«d off ^^«l0n. Thank fi©d, 
3h«*3 £jHfa. The ''^id Su her 1i rather, you know, ftft^r ml. 



DEX: 
<Jn! 1 know. 



GtEN: 

>Vhat? 



Cherry' 3 boQ»^ hers end told re«? the hJvoIo story. ??h'>'s «»ll cut 
up. 

Poor Chi9rryl 



Aya - poor Cherry! Se« h'*r«>, Loy, thore'^; on© wtetm for e'very aan 
In this »orid, and th<« «rc4> haa never run i:hort. You'd ou^Jit 
-a c» t Karrled - you're the. kind thet n-3eds It. Why don't you 

( ^euc-esi look" agRrchtngly at Qlen* H la evident ''^ ^s 
Pl -3<..i inr fo;^ Ch9 rrv D 
— 20tte ;3Cod c^i'l l-xappy'^ 

('^itilinj, ehru;;g1n^ hla ahoulUerij.) 
That's what I'tt tfylnc; to Jo - Ly atayln^-a ln{jl0. 

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h(»'il chan^a Mc??arcarai the jwiy sho did rr^. Why, aho's worked a 
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Oh, y©u« reannars Is £;ood enoxisli as th^y lay* ^o\i nwer did 

eat '.ylth :^u^ knl r»« '^©n w« was at thaip. swell 'Frisco hot© la 
you ^ma wis© to eU the i>1clci9 forte and flnser bowla ©quftl to a 
head •mii^r* %, \^«n It coRes to InMasacSts with d»comirc ,you 
savvy i>l9rjuy. 



That wasn't exactly what I rt-^ant, tut it so«*s. 



1 wish Bill Beaton ma Tiack, but there's no hope of Y\im till 
spr«Jn3, now that navlsatSon has cl03«fl. 



rJT.EN: 
He swor*© ^cn he la ft that h-3 would return I'/lth the back In;; o^ 
tht» Federal CourtD , If h'^ h»d to crawl hor^ on his Hunda and 
knoea. 



DEX: 
H« Ray coite In ovsr the ice with a doe t*Jan>« ^t'a a 5,^00 fpJle 
"ir-ush", but he's gsirQ . 

I've 11 ttl© hop® of ihat, even tho^isH the San Francisco court 
should support 13. ^ezt and "J* it; sfraJd to fig^t the soldiers, 
too. Th'^y'r© In th3 blue of ^ncle ^^^m -■ 1 h*ite to do it. 
Call the boyo. "'e rrus t e^va theit fal?' vvarnln*. 

f^Iirr- llft^^ » -^v.1.-t1ft Hml ^ dn^anl-^^:'' ^rr. ^^ar. Jncl ;cl^n, -^ '^^'f^ 
and nA";^'TAT^ ^T.^R-.:T' . a ^viw frott th» cabin ot H. T. t he rest froai 
l.r,;rT~ nr'.!'!r; — '^^'^^'^^^^T^' coiroi.dowt and ,-;ro^.;ii' '.hoaa'^lvea naar Dax. 
a nd ^"^l^n.) 

Wen, w«'ra In a dangerous hoi '3*. ^JpTTficara has cul'&d tho ac idlers 
and they will probably attack ua softatlKe today. It's » hard 
gatto to buck the biutj-boys. *^>o T thoucht I'd tail you th«re»s 
a chanca to £9t ajvay Ufore we're recosnlzad. If we're geen 
her:- .m-Ufr' w«'ll have lo stand and flrjht r- or surrender. 



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fCRO^n ftT^ isfl out at vhl 3. ) 
If we hold out, and the struciCl® ^s fierce eno'ic'^* ne\9s ntay 
reach lo '^athiriQion and cause an Investigation, ThJs win b<!> 
a d1 ffe»rent kind of flshtlnjs now, thoii^^* ^^ aoR'9 of ua Will 
Sodovm. What do .you want to do? 



MINERS: 
(In unlso n«) 
tat* 8 a tick It out, 

CAS'^lyvR r^J^tJV: 
We're In too deep to quit. Tlie cov^rnmont has cone back on 
ua and there don't seeic to be no law for ir^lnera. ^» can't get no 
help till sprlnc anyhow, so let's rrake the beat fl^ht w© kin. 

That's the talki Tve ^isalted a turrlble tJ£s« for ihla day. 
I've suff-^rad the plac^i^^s of proarectln' frorc ih-a Moxlcoes to 
the Circle, like you've all done, and if you'll stick with us 
and the Midas, we'll stick to you - Wht\t's that? T.ook out! 

f.7>0T'^T!?rRf=; rAiddenly prr*9ar on the bluff at B., level their 
ri iflc- '-.l '"Tn^^ -^hc :,u--n vi ih gitT'^led exciagations aMj^ c^Jgi* 
ar "un for the cabin i'» T« Bht.^y B. ^» » beside 

ft ahi,.f :^n o."inET? wl t ^h drawn revolver. ^?I^ lears in front of ^ 

c abin door, ahead of glnerB, ^^IQ o^^her ^.Olt)TTi;H^ follow h lg and 
a till aore enter T;, 1. and '^» ^.> """""""""^ 

( I-oudi;^ . ) J 
Hiiitl ^on't Rake a rcove*. n?5nda up, ftll of you. 

(A rifle is leaning against cabin mil -'. T. ^''''^1' ^^f*"^ 
r ov 1?.. Twn ^ri^iW^p" seize hire, they wrestle, qxhwj r?; lovei^ 

thfl ^-y ::^^n^ nt hiir . Ent^r "). ^. hJc^VI^ARA and J'JXE ?TTtT:1AW.). 

JUDGE; 

(^olntlnn to <^lea> ) 
Arrest that ran, lulckt T^on' t let hint go. ^eep back these 

others. 

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(Lev»illn/^ his revolver at hire J 
Drop thftti 

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fran^hln r dlnaprreaably* ) 
"^ta , w«'v9 cot ./ou, e.nd you'll psy the price. 

(A voice is heard off ^tage at B. T,, urgln.3 a dog le an;. 
A whir cracks* ^t grows louder.; 



WEATON: 
(Front yylnpra B« T. ) 



Old apt f>1cl apl Tchl Tchl 
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■ f Froir r?. •^.. on the tl\>ff> (mVBVs teac of dogs In harnes s, 
dT» wiBin; ^1 - ~, -n^on Which la a ir-:H;- lo^J Ic^ahed up. in a 

ZAvrf ifmiin, A rlfie c>nd Ttilr of anow shoes are T.jed on the 

o vi t » 1de of ihe load* A pan is running ahead of the dose* W e 
oorpicj th^n gb r.hft -r^nidlera on the_L2uf f who hove w ftpaisaxaa 
R » and ^-. and run -3 down onto the atage, followed by the d og 

t.^. s^rr. 7'T r^. •'.^^r,//rn ^.^ io_ .-rujdln.'-^ th:3 sied. ^^-''^ halt :?. i'., J ue t 
b alow ?Jio bl'v ff* This entra nce should be i tade rapid ly as th oucji 

the v had been running'. f^Tinj^M^J'ente'rs mw W^^EIffl?"^ ^ 

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WTT2AT0N: 
( Leaving sIkL ?^nd coming do>vn stag oi lookln.^ about curiously. ^ . 

Hello, boy it What* 3 all this' 



Whoa ton I Bill Whs a ton I 

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You'va core* too lette. Bill, W^'ye all bsen pinched. 



WTTEATON; 
Hold up A Dclnut© - It's ail rlcht, 



(Spra fted, but cqaalng hi 3 3trugf;iea») 
Ay, Bill - 'It'a all >»l,2;ht. ^^ did our l»%3t, tut. we w«r« don» ty 
a ^laRTied blackguard. H©»3 got rc» and - h«»*ll send jce up. I*tt 
the on« he* 3 after. 

( Qlarea at ne^??JCara« ) 
But 1 donH care. rii?»w he'd ^lo It In the end. But T brok«» 
hlR - 1 broks W a '*ith rcy naked handa. T>idn»t T, McNaicare? And 
thi* clrl :'ou*re going 1,0 K«rry knows It too - she saw rte do 
it and ghe knows yoci'?* o crook. T^oesn't she, McNeicara? 



(Tn a frenay of rage.) 
Take the t can away. ~?SITlk, 1 tell :ou, - b -afore I injure hie. 
Tak« hlj?: T^ Jail, He kll^^d ten of our nton last nl^ht. The 
taw* a in our handa and I*ll rtake hlic answer. 



V/!'SATON: 
N0| slrl Th© law la not In your honds. It*3 In itlne. 

( S la ps hi a left hand '.vl T.h yvy^rii In right. Ml ^^i:R<^ start 

f orward oarrorly. JtHrd? and t^c^'AMARA show surprise. jT" 
When T left Ifis t fail 1 »wore I'd corce back if I crawled on rcy 
hands and knoes, ani ''ve coir.e. Three thou sjand ctllea With a 
dog team - tnd I got here Juat In T,ice. This will be a day of 
defeats pnd dlsappolntrcente to you, rcy friends. That boy won't 
go to Jail, teeauaa you* 11 wear the shackles j'oursalves. Oh, 
you played a shrewd z^rtef you two, with your senators, your 
politics, and yourpuii3. But lt*3 onr turn no-vt an<i we'll 
aake you <3 anco for the Rln^o you gutted and r,he robberies you've 
done. Thank ^^eaven, there'ij one honest court, and I found It. 

( Turns to ^>truv e,) 
Serva those warrantn. 

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Appoale - They 3lv« back th© cJnas to these reen. Vou will 
see by r«adlns there that this case hjis been taken froR ^Tudse 
S.tillaan's Jurisdiction - .yo^xr services are not needed* 

( oy FlCSR looks ot reipera, nods - "4^:71816 to his roen to drop 

(^urln? ntr^jve's ar>eech I'c^'AMARA and JUlGE show their chf^jr rln 
and dlaitay* .Mprv^AMARA and ^T^J^/E p:io.rlnj^ at each other. 
T he , J'nnr: at finish 3t^.f':/':(9ra across and sinks to a seat.. 
Me '"-';RA ;,tc.nl:j ur'"1-;h^ und ddflant. A ah<-''ii £;c^'3 up fiXti v. 
the ?'7Mi-R-. A r)EPUa:T leads Mc'^aieara up B. . followed by the 



T'C*"AMARA: 

( H ait.in.-t and ■Ai?'mlnf: at toP of bluff to r:lat*e down ont li e 

r oY/d which has tumad to watch.) ^ 
You think ^*11 qo to prison, do ycu? ^'oil, t won't. I've 
done not-hlnc to anawer for, and there's no Jail strong enough 
t© hold XT:9* ■Jothlns short of a ijatlin^ ciun will cake a© c^ve 
up. 1'rft hore to atayJ 

( gxlte unbeaten and defiant. The MIN.^^ crowd around WHEA TOT' , 

r:r asr Wz hand, aifjp ^^tt on the back, as th« "Ot"?IFP'^ /rp 

off i?. nulotlv.j 



WTTSATON: 
( Shaking hands V^ tn Qien.) 
We lieve whlpx'^^'l "'■hec, boy. ^e have ^shlj^iied them at their 
ovm sace. Arrpsted at th'3 apex of their crime - cited for con* 

SEpt of court - that's what they aiw! They diaoveyed the 
other writs and so 1 got theR. 



H was a cloao shave, old ran. They had ua over the ropes. 



(Bftlatfti^^i-^Ty.) 
Bill, you are certainly the ri^ai ^**ruvlan doughnut. Shake', 

(Turns to "1?"^'^ who is standing near, grlnn 1 ng . ) 
Here's one la^ ahtxrp that'^ on the level, an* you can bet a 
noaobag full of cllllon dollar bills on that. 



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WHBATON: 

1 couldn't prove consplJ^acy, \>nt theyMi g© to jail Tof a 

little while, Jijtat th© aaice, ^ell, ioys» I've got to go baek t© 

■«,o'.m and aeo this thrtju^jh. Sea :/ou later. So long. 

(^1 1« h<i Is talkln.^ A M1??ER takes dog:3 off B, ??., so?£e of th» 
'SW exU ove-- bluffs, H.^ Vocif0ro-:toly7 "^'^ ^-ti "'^^EATO'^ Rtj^l 

gxlt •:>. P.) 

(O TET!?^ and T)gy. aye left alone do-^ atage* . ^^'^^ ^ ^° ^*" ® 
ai.l'-mt. and ^Moiagrv^d spectator Laclc on the bluff. ^"^ a tTs^ 
a nd leans his h'^ad on hia hands, aeetss disconsolate.) ^ 



C5ho9r vip, ioy. "^-ly, yoii act like a loser. '^on't you realla® 

thr-t wg've won? "^n't . ou un'J0i»stand we've cot the old rein*? 

"back and ths') '>vhole wor»ld wlrV" 1 ^ '' Buck up, pal, ar^-^lns has 
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OTEK J 
Won? What do you know about It, t>«x? The Midas - th^ world • 

whut ,::ood ar© thej*^? You're wronci ^'v0 lost - yes - I've lost 
ovorythlng « vrith MZl* Now {jo away, olii ran, I want to b<3 aion© 
a bl t . 

C^Hx, reailzea that OtET?. is not to \i« Rrim^A with In hla v 
Tn-^aent good and with a «hake pf hi a headla nd a lojQk jQiL.^iS»at 
pity hQ Rounts tluff '.o "« and dlaax>pQars» ) 

( O HBPHY eon: 33 down fr ote bluff ^t t. and atanda \^Bfor*9 Gipn..)— 

CHiaHY: 
(^©ntlv.) 



»11, boy, 30 It's over Ht iwat. 



(To okln/^ ur . 'waarliyt. ) 
Yea, Ifn ail over, little slrl. 



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OTERRY. 
Vou don't m^d isy congratult^tlons, you know ae too well for 
thttt — and you know all - I'd - I'd llk« to say. 

(Reecvers hers » If & b1t«)^ 
Hpw does It f^Ql to fc« a wlnn^^r? 



I don't knov'. I've lost. 



CHERRY J 
loat whtit? 

By0rythJn3 - except ths cold cln9. 



nwEnnv : 
Bvi»rythln3 excert - "i see* You K-san that Helen - that you have - 
asked h^v i^.nd sh'J won't - 1*m sorry. 

(? ^_trur.f^lln'^ hf rd lo keftp her voice ste ady, end looking ew ay») 
If only 1 t hfnl h^fin : ou instead of tha ^a to jav'^ h^r froc 
tht^t brut© stiniva. 

( Gt?-^. looka up (juickiy.) 
I h<S£>rd you tell "^ex all pbout it - 1 tried to S®^ word to you 
i.n ilir9 last nl ^t. 

(H e r,V'^sTQ ^'^r left hand wi ih his r1;jTt, In sp^'^ohleas e^^^^^ ^^<*o » 

without irrklnrr at her.; . 
I've suffered fo:" T.h«» pert I ple.yed « for r^y deceit. It crsise 
to r.9 all at once - what 1 >«as - emd - I triad to aak© reparation. 
Oh, boyi T '«ant to b-^ (jood - ^ocx^ ^H throUfih. You believe re, 
don't you? You're not like ot.hw >^. 



V«3» yes'. Of co\>ra9 ' do. 



CHERRY: 
I wish I had the pow«r to make h^r - love you - ^'d give Ry life 
for yo\«r haqpplndss. 



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Sho I3 not for rc«, lit tie s^rl, nlthoiic^ ' s>i«»ll always lov© 
h«r. !*«; sorry 1 can't forget ©aaH-, as oottB do, tut I've lived 
In th® hill3 too Ions fo'' that, I've cot try wlah at last, 
hoiwver. ^ know iwhat lov» is - now that It's too Ifite. 



a half aob,^,) 
Boy - don't. 



( 51ninT and thrv?w1nr. off his ryocd, ) 
Oh, bui If i^ffi aolflshl 1i?}ifc*t {.bout you? ^h&v& will voi^ £jo? 



1 don't kno^v. It doesn't really cat tor now - 

(A pause,) 
Th9 world is a Inrc©, lare© place - 

(Shudders. ) 
and very cold, for worran. ^•'he, t a rlty that we can't all aTong^ 
or,f the alato and beeln afresh - and - forget. 



It I3 part of the.saag. I'll see yon sorcetln^es, w>n't J? 



or JERRY; 
(Very gently «^ 
No, loy - I think not. 



1 ^mderstand. I'erhaps It Is Latter 30. 

(JTB takes her two hsartda in his and kl-ases th ea*)^ 
(Sod bleea you, and keep you 3afe» dear, brave little Cherry. 



CTTERRY: 
Oood-tye , ity boy. 

( Sh e cror-uoa to R., rauaes ot exit end '.urns for a last loo k 

at h lg.) 
My i-oy! 

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f l8»it.fty "). r. PBTJ-y and the ^IT^. as the. V app^ach C. r^tE Nls TER 
whins shsarir as 1 f on the A-afensiv^) 



(Thypvlng ^y hia handg In gesture of restraint. ) 
¥a lt>j -salt* old rtm\ ^'a hw© as a frl® nd . 



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( <^oldiy» drawing bade.) 
I know - you're her b ixit-her. ' dldnH believe It last nlc^t 
at th« ^'orth9m. But Qierry has told me that It's true. We 
havsJ no furthor quarrel. 



(Half ashaiftod.) 
V«St ^*K har Lrothor. ^'ve known It Tor a lon^ time, but 1 - 
1 - W8ii» you understand 1 coulinH let her know. An I can 
say Is, I've sambied gquare till 1 plwyed you ond 1 was reed 
as"a dervish then, biaicln^ you for the atoriea IM heard abou-, 
Halon. tast nl^ht I Isarn^d eha had con© to th*? re«d-hous© 
with Struva, but 1 ^ot there In time to save 'n.ftr', ^'rc sorry I 
didn' t kill hl». 



H« des«rved It. 



Suret -^o'n like htilf th-* rcen In Alaska - hore bocauso tT^ 
sheriff a back hoic? couldn't shoot straight. 



But Why hav9 you coae off up here - now? 

HEXitfJ: 
H« wouldn't lot H!« conse aione and I could not wait. 1 had to 
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1 triad to Koop her froir coeln':; on this errand, but ahe aald 
It was iha sqtiare thln^; to do and - thftt*5 ail. It's about 
tho3« rap®*^ 3^19 brioU'jht In lest ^rinQ» She faarod you Eight 
think ahe vsras a party to th© d®al» 

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but you don't, do you? 



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Certainly not. G© on. 



^Qll, sh'3 loarned that tlioae docuaents told the ishole s tory and 
contained enouji proof to Lr«ak up the conspiracy ^nd convict 
the .Ttid39, McNairera and all the r«st. But Struve kept the 
bundl*? In his safe and woul'to't jjJve It up without a prlc«. 
That's ofhy she wnt away with hlns. 



Oh* It wasn't /wrth that . T7ow could you? 



It s«»Es ^^aton has done the work In another way, hov/evar, and 
now I'tt coElns to the point. The Judge and ?''c*Jacara have lie^n 
arrested fo:"" cwiteRpt of court and they're as SQod as convicted. 
You have recovered th-'J Mjdaa and they are dlasraced. They will 
go to Jail - 



gt>en: 

Y»3, for six n:onths» perhaps, but wht^ t does that fusoiint, to? Thar© 
never vms a bolder crlEf} consuccated nor on^ core cruelly unjust. 
Th(?y robbM a realns and pillaged Ita people. They defiled » 
court and ?rnde Justice a wanton. T>i©y jailed cood iten and 8«mt 
others to ruin. And fo" t^la they are to suffer - Whst? How? 



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53; but If ther»e I3 Juytlce couth of that cark those ir«n 
•^11 ensw«r for* consplracj'^, fm-l co ^o ^^ penitentiary. 

(Tu^ln? to Heien.^ 
I i',e1d it "ran no us© - ^y^aX. h« wouldn't under»stoncl. 

Haien looked at it this ^y» You've he^d yoU'- victory, you've 
sot, beck your mine - and - th«y are dlssraced. But tho Judge 
Is of our own Llood. ^'e took ^feien when sho waa a little baby 
and h»»s b^en n father to her In hits selfish isay - 5 was not 
thor« to prptact Ij'jr - and she loves hire. 



(ntlU do;^r.^l!LJ 
No, 1 donVt understand, ^'"hat 1o 1 t you want? 



fTftklTi ■> pRrtlret of rarerB fron; her boi:.;05.) 
i'hla will tell th'3 'svhoie wretched atory, , 

(Hands hlK racket.) 
and a how the plot In^all Its vHeneas. ^ flnl i t hard to 
betray ay Vmcl'?, but this proof I3 you«a by rlcht, to use as 
you f3ee fit, and 1 can not k =»«p it. 



{^'e lzln:; packet »»as?rly, and r^sjinQ at 1 t trl\«gphantiy^i 
"Do :'ou rf>mn 'ha I'- ^o ,;ou wean the procf I3 'aerf' to convict ihetc? 

( iTKTJi'.T; no ds 3 U en t -' y . ^J I^N . 1 aua ea . ) 
And you aw ^Ivlns it to rce b'^eause yoU thlnJk it is - your duty? 

It beionca *-0 yo'*. ^ hev* no choice. But 1 also caire 10 pxead 
«nd b^c a 1' ttle itercy for iry uncle who ia an old, old pfxn, end 
very 'Wak. This will kill hln:. 

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You ask thla for your uncle, tut what of 
( Swailova) 

- W>iat of ^/ho other follow? You itust know ihat \f on© sees 

fr<?e, 3o will ihey Lo'/i; th«y can't be sepurated. Vou agk 

this of n^, a t&em of the Rountelns - a North rran? To put asidt 

try v^n^y ance? 

( T T.lF.y. turns h'gr face up stage, hangs her heed and aeett a 
r r-uch ^sglttite'cl, ■» irac^a pottle ^n^ in tha anpw~^t.h hor boot - 
refusing to look at ni^p, v^\o is £!:a2lng at her h^Angr ny.J 

It's oiicost too Kuch to aak. But don*t :/©u think the m-^ ia 
done? "^ou can't heip iut adrsl r^ McNairsra - h9*s too ffoofl »♦« 
anemy for that - and - and - he loves ^^eien. 



(HnKt-nv nnd horr<3ely.) 
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(Turn 1 n ^ to <^ l^n . r ro tea 1 1 nn ly . ) 
It is only fa^r t!i?^. t you :3hould knovf - 



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■^108.^0 clon*t - oi've said enou/iJ-i. 

(■ Pau.^o in v/iiichha geer.'-j to ?*-as: ter hJr^at^lf «> 
1 understrn-1. 

r croaa cnl ocro-3 Into sm^.H Htp, rn.rio'.s-^a i.nen: »vii)-y»r 



understrna. 

( H,> r, ilv:: r.ho -^ulKor L;-:tfKi ^rK>v the rock'^t, tears th« palmer-; 
r croaa rnJl dcr^o^s Into sttc^ll Htp, rni to:.g-^3 inen: a wayw ' 
You're r'l£:ht. T^ie -vork He dcre . An- no'.-/- "cod-byo. 

( Ho r^ea^an hJ:-. >-e nd across his Hyas bUndiy, turns wli>Tput 
lo rklnr^ at thofr ^nd itountg \Me, buff v/oa-^ily omi ITT gro a v _ 
'■ ^^ ^T.ion, ottrnd in'^ wlthhla ba ck t o ihea, tm t ne Km loaoa 
off^« P.t tiobbln^ scftlyT*yn"h her facSTurU'cl"^ rT^r 






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( Tuml-A'T 'v-nf left, etanclln^; straight In th^ sunlight a t 
C . . .<tretchln ■ o'vi^ ■il's arg^ m mtf^r' s^^lf alne;;:&i ion»") 
So this 18 the end, and 1 suv« hlir. to her with th«s« handa. 
( Hft holds put h la hantla tmcl looks «t theip. daaertly.) 

Say, liut you'rw the talk of the '^own. The Loya want to run you for 

'onsress aa soon ws ©v«r m q9% ^diRltted as a state. Th«y 
say that at collar-an'-eibow holts you could prolably lick 
any of there Eastern senators an* thereby rastle out a lot 
of coo'^ "t.a'.73 for us cripples UT here. 

Sp«akln* of I0W3 coes to shov/ re r.hat this yere country I3 ''Oo 
bliuced civil^29d for* v Wixite irtn and now that this ''I -hi is 
OV«r, n don't look Ilk© there would te anythins doln* t fit to 
interest a sro^vod ui) person, for a Ions while. T*tf ^roln* West, . 



W0a t? I ^y, :ou can throw a stone Into Bering ^^trelt froc 

\Qre, "^on are ao far W«at now, :/ou are opinc K«s t. 



Tho world'a round. There's a schooner out fl itln* for 31_-t,e'^ry 
In t.he sr^lns - two year 3 crulge. Me and D»x is fls,2;erln' on 
g«ttln' O'i* towards 'he i'>'ontler for a spell. 






Sure I T»K ^ottln* all cparci-ed i;?> hereabouts owln* to these 
flll'-reonarch or>( ;hes- t'^3 »n* 'Prench talbie-dee-hotty ri?>3'.Hrawnt8 
n* slch dlbcrvipanclea of escenery. They're np in' to - - -'■ '^T'nt 



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this bURrer &n* 'here's a shoe-shinln* parlor opemd up, 
- V* i,^^B to sot out whare ^ could atratdh an* holler without 
cilstuii^iin* hotte dudo In a dress eul t. Better coco alone, 
Roy - w can a«ll out th^ Midaa. "^ow clon* t want to stay hs> 
no longer, anyhow. 

{-^^^ f^tf^Yi^in th<^ eff'^ct of the wroi^ds on f>ien., fond 
fciy-T^, "r.nnr .1darn ana T^^emf^ half inclined to y^eUw 



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GLEN; 
That* a true « 1*11 think It over. 

( Thj :° c '^ ^^3 ^ . p^nd exit.) 

(As GTJIN. eoR'-ta do'vn £jtf*/t<^, TTETl^v enters ^. ".» he t- It a tea, 

then C06S '^ov/t^rd 'nlcj* " 



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1-1 coulJn*t leave without thanking -ou - I had to core® (jt^ok • 

( 5^h9 ig ru ah flonf»ia<9dJ 
It '«as a noll^ thin^ 70 u did jui; t nov/, 

nh, i .vjt .:iLad and pro'Kl. 

(Qulef-v.) 
1 prefer 3'ou to ihlnk of rce In that my rt-.ther ihan as the wild 
bdast 1 havo alwajrs aj: e&rwd to rou. "^ou have seen t?0 at rcy 
worst, whw I'd fought and loat, foujit and lost till I'd grown 
desperate - rcnd - ri^ad with hatred and v&v&nQt^ and ev-^ry Icpulao 
that con- 38 to o defeated rean. But - 

(Sh^-nigs shouldeg ^ . > 
you ctxn' t undaratand. 



( gaf^erly.) 
But 1 can understand; 1 d^. 1 know all about U now. Yoa told 
ao once that the wlldemeas had made you a savage and 1 latigh»d 
at It Just v-a 1 did when you said that rcy contact sdih the North 
wuid teach r?9 the "bis bmad things that rub t he known, ^ou 
were rl;^ht, 1 have learned h great deal. 



1 hfeive laprned rn&i alao. i 'vlsh you rcl,<t»'' teach me aora. 



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Y«3f oh y«?s - j'ou coul^i - 

(l^aw tpaaterlnr; hlgaQlf, he wl'^ MT and dovai a step or t wo.) 

(Under hi 3 bi^eath.) 
No, no» T''' ' fool* 



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( T-Colcln.'^ stra1:!:^.t bQfo?'ti h1g« «nrl no>y at TTETEN, who^ ^a a 

iii'.io behind bin^ ;<' the H., ro^^g*;f ^f >^^yord eagerl y* J 
Once, a lon^; 'Ai^.e ago ^ read a Tcver'y v^^tiMon, ana ever 
./i ice knowing you it has been iry prayer tvhat I r/ight be ^iv-jn 
purity to hi vrorthy the roo<ri in you, and that you mli^ht b» grwnted 
patience to roach tho sood in rce - but it's no use. 1*k cl«^» 
ihou^lh, .hnt you understand, in a reeasur^. 

( Wiih shinln.^. oyop »Tid ^^gilinp- aadly^.) 
Th« praywr could not b« answered, but throu-> ^ ' ^ h«-ve fo md 
ay 301 f and - ^ 'le.v^ kno^vn :ou. 

( !)r»07>H hi q eye 3 * > 
U is a holy thins - 1 shall rever«nc«» i t always - and - 
/S pa ak 1 n ^ ?/l t h di f f 1 cu 1 t.y .1 

.yh<-m you ;^o - you will l')«V'^ f^- lonaly - 3 eve for its 
perceipbrance. 



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(Thro^/s out hi 3 hond siipplJcatlngly* ) 

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1 can't stand t>ial « 



'"'on't you s93? Won*t you s9«i'«* I 'mxd '-o ^ath^^r cy cour»afj;# lo 
coree back t© you, sine® you Havi .reads 1 t so very hard for rre - 

( O otfJn/^ cl03« to hiEt an^ ami 11 n.^ up into hi 3 f^'ce « ) 
Uy aavace ' 

( C-T.I^M. r. oft,!'/- , jyntly» ten deyiy ..'^athf^r,-^ her In hi a a res in 
an all ncbracin.': j^old» vhe anii^haaJrj of tha IfyruisB 'mich 

itado V.lm -rrir-a-n hay^ fiercely In ^ct T,; 

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